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"In this age of omniconnectedness, words like 'network,' 'community' and even 'friends' no longer mean what they used to. Networks don't exist on LinkedIn. A community is not something that happens on a blog or on Twitter. And a friend is more than someone whose online status you check."
"Leadership is not a rank, it's a choice."
"Rule books tell people what to do. Frameworks guide people how to act. Rule books insist on discipline. Frameworks allow for creativity."
"Outside advice can only tell you how a decision looks. Only you can know how it feels. The best decisions look and feel right."
"People who go to work to be a part of the cause don't go home. They are home. Now - who wants to quit?"
"I never imagined working with CEOs, congressmen or the military, yet I make regular visits to the Pentagon, stop by the Capitol now and then and sit down with leaders of all kinds of companies."
"Sometimes spending time with someone who is perceived as 'successful' can make us feel less successful."
"Good leadership is hard to measure on a daily basis which is why so many default to doing what's easy to measure instead."
"It is only from the people I've had the good fortune to meet that I am learning the lessons to guide me. Baz Luhrmann, director of 'Moulin Rouge,' for example, has a childlike curiosity about the world. He doesn't pretend to know all the answers - quite the opposite, in fact. He asks loads of questions of everyone."
"A friend is an emotional bond, just like friendship is a human experience."
"Great leaders and great organizations are good at seeing what most of us can’t see. They are good at giving us things we would never think of asking for."
"Organizations should say and do the things they ACTUALLY believe."
"Leaders don't convince people to follow them. Leaders walk forward alone and those who want to go down their path decide to follow."
"If you care, do something. If you don't care, please stay out of the way of those who do."
"Leadership is about making people feel safe. When someone feels heard, they feel safe."
"When we are selective about doing business only with those who believe in our WHY, trust emerges."
"The goal of life is not to have our lives mean something to ourselves. The goal of life is to have our lives mean something to others."
"The responsibility of leadership is not taken, it is given. Only when others choose to follow us can we truly lead."
"I was never a writer."
"Disney is one of the best hotel companies in the world. Yet they have never and will never open a casino on the Vegas strip."