When you're trying to lead and push against things that you believe are inherently "wrong", be wary. Those things can cloud your vision and cause you to become bitter in the process. If you're a leader that is pushing for change, don't allow bitterness to derail you from your main vision. Stay positive, find your footing, and speak the truth in love.

Are you more concerned with your optics than you are with the truth? Who are you in public, with family, friends, when your back is up against the wall, etc? The game is not just saying what you feel like you must say for fear of losing ground, the game is for you to consolidate yourself. Be the same in private as you are in public.

There are patterns that develop in our life and business. It seems like the "fun" thing is to achieve new levels, but growth requires great sacrifice. The moments that are the hardest are the moments when you grow the most (just before breakthrough). If more of us knew the cost, how many of us would still be willing to grow?

You know that you're doing something right when you look at your life and have to ask yourself, "How did this happen?" If you're not winning the big contracts in life, you're not honoring your own small contracts - your ability to do the little things like they are big things. You begin to build a force of momentum.

Are you pushing forward in your God-given lane or are you trying to be something that you're not? Find the thing that lights you up and pursue those things. When you invest into the thing that you are born to do, you extract a return in every area of your life.

A lot of people get some sort of success and forget where they came from. People that are going through hard times often forget the hard times that they've gone through in the past to get to where they are. Remembering is a necessary ingredient to staying healthy. Don't forget where you came from. Onward.

Can you be the same person after the achievement as you were before or are you swayed by the approval of others? Most people get a little taste of success and lose all control and focus. The crowd is a construct of your imagination - they will raise you up when you win, and kill you when you fail. What are you allowing to control your focus? Don't let it go to your head.

Most of us don't graduate to the next level soon enough. If you are driven by getting, having, and accumulating, you will never be able to become who you are supposed to be. Graduate into the next level of focus and identity rather than focusing on all of the peripherals.

Things that have not been bothersome for a long time begin to become a problem the moment you start moving in the direction that you are supposed to go. Judge the cost of what you decide that you want to be. You get what you pay for. If you can get to the end, it will be worth it.

You're not going to get anywhere if you focus on fixing the wrong things. If you look at yourself honestly, you're start finding that you are spending your time solving problems that are short-term focused and long-term deficient. You need 2 or 3 of the right things and to stop fixing the wrong things.