Michael Jordan said, "earn your leadership each and every day.

Winning has a price and leadership has a price.

I pulled people along when they didn't want to be pulled.

I challenged people when they didn't want to be challenged.

Talent wins games, but teamwork wins championships.

Great leadership is positive leadership.

Positive leadership empowers people to face their fears, accomplish their goals and realize their dreams."

Don Shula said, "my responsibility is leadership, and the minute I get negative, that's going to have a negative influence on my team."

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Chuck D. of Public Enemy said, "Don't believe the hype," and TS Eliot said, "The only wisdom we can hope to acquire is the wisdom of humility."

Humility, in its simplest sense, is the ability to consider others ahead of oneself.

CS Lewis said, humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself LESS, and Albert Einstein said, a true genius admits they know nothing.

Humility doesn't mean that we're not confident.

Like yin and yang, we must be truly content and confident with who we are, in order to humbly be of service to others.

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Balance is the state of Stillwater. It remains quiet within and is not disturbed on the surface.

Everything in life contains two opposites, and to maintain balance, we need to find a way to work harmoniously with both sides.

In Chinese philosophy, this balance is referred to as yin & yang.

Are we balancing our life, or is stress taking its toll.

To find balance in our lives, we must prioritize what we know is most important to us.

Finding balance in life is imagined by many as juggling five balls.

Each of the balls is representing important parts of our lives, family, health, spirituality, friends, in our job, four balls are made of glass, and only one of them is made of rubber.

We need to recognize that our job is the rubber ball, family, friends, health and spirituality are all very fragile. And if we drop them, they will be irreversibly damaged or even shattered.

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The Zen principle of simplicity is about understanding the true essence of things and then distilling them down to their most fundamental form.

It isn't about removal for the sake of cleanliness or minimalism.

But focus is the principle of simplicity on purpose and utility.

Jack Kerouac said, One day, I will find the right words, and they will be simple.

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John Wayne said courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway.

Courage comes in many forms. physical courage is bravery through a physical act in the face of fear and hardship. Emotional courage is following our heart.

Intellectual courage is expanding our horizons and letting go of the familiar. social courage is being ourselves in the face of adversity.

Moral courage is the ability to make the right choices in the face of popular opposition and spiritual courage is facing pain with dignity or faith.

Spiritual courage helps us live with a purpose and meaning through a heart centered approach towards all life and ourselves.

It takes courage to accept who we are, our values, and what we stand for. It takes courage to have a voice and speak with truth, no matter how difficult it may be.

It takes courage to recognize when to ask for help.

It takes courage not to judge others, or be jealous of others. It takes courage to listen and be present. It takes courage to say we're sorry, and admit when we're wrong. It takes courage to let go and forgive and allow ourselves to grow, learn and heal.

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It's not an easy journey to get to a place where we can forgive ourselves and others.

It's strange, but sometimes it's easier to forgive our enemies than it is to forgive the ones we love the most.

We should all learn to forgive, but that doesn't mean that it's easy, especially when a person has done something that we consider unforgivable.

Forgiveness doesn't change the past, but it does expand the future.

Forgiveness doesn't mean forgetting, rather, forgiveness means letting go of the pain.

Forgiveness is one of the greatest gifts that we can give ourselves.

Mother Teresa said, "If we really want to love, we must learn to forgive."

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Letting go can seem impossible, often it takes the most strength to let go.

We often hold on the tightest just before letting go.

Letting Go doesn't mean that we have to forget, it means that whatever it is, it can no longer control our mind.

We have trouble letting go of our pain and other unpleasant emotions about our past, we often think that those feelings are part of our identity.

In some ways, we may not know who we are without the pain.

This makes it nearly impossible for us to let go.

The hardest part of letting go is the uncertainty.

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Plato said, be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle. 

The Dalai Lama said compassion is the wish to free others from suffering.

Those quotes challenged me to think about the differences between sympathy, empathy and compassion. 

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There's a great ease of mind that comes from being content.

Contentment can make a moment of silence be the best sound.

Contentment can make a crystal clear distinction between our wants and our needs.

What do you really need in this life?

Let's learn to be content when our basic needs are met. Let's challenge ourselves to be content with what we look like. Let's challenge ourselves to be content with who we are.

Happiness won't come to us if we don't appreciate what we already have.

We have the ability to be truly happy, and the trick is that we have to be truly content to be aware of it. 

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What makes us different is what makes us who we are.

We have to be willing to be different and embrace it true happiness comes from who we know we are, rather than what we think we should look like.

Looks will always change and who we truly are will not — just love, trust and believe in yourself.

We all have our purpose to be here, but sometimes it's hidden beneath our fear.

Become your own self expert and discover your unique qualities. Understand your values. Revisit experiences that have shaped your life. Continue to edit your thoughts and your beliefs. Continue to edit your understanding of the world around you. Continue to take personal inventory of what you're spending too much time with, or not enough time with. Decide and understand what your true happiness is, and reset your happiness daily and as many times throughout the day as possible.

And please have a little faith that every day will be all right!

No one has ever made a difference by being like everybody else, and how we choose to feel is how we are.

Know that life and competition have nothing to do with anyone else but yourself.

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