I can't stand those people, speakers in a room, they say this all the time, "If I can just help one person in this room, I've done my job." You have an audience of 500 people and your standard of success is one person? That's terrible. If you help one person in the room, you're an abject failure. You have to change something.

Leadership is a choice. It's not a rank, it's a choice. I know many people who are at the top of their organization who have authority. We have to do what they say because they have authority over us. But they're not leaders. We wouldn't follow them. They may be at the top of the company but they're not leaders.

Leadership is about making people feel safe. When someone feels heard, they feel safe.

People don't buy what you do; they buy what you stand for.

When we are in groups, when we are surrounded by people who believe what we believe, trust emerges and our very survival and progress goes up.

If our leaders are to enjoy the trappings of their position in the hierarchy, then we expect them to offer us protection. The problem is, for many of the overpaid leaders, we know that they took the money and perks and didn’t offer protection to their people. In some cases, they even sacrificed their people to protect or boost their own interests. This is what so viscerally offends us. We only accuse them of greed and excess when we feel they have violated the very definition of what it means to be a leader.

The value of networking is not measured by the number of people we meet but by the number of people we introduce to others.

The true value of networking doesn't come from how many people we can meet but rather how many people we can introduce to others.

Leaders, whatever the size of their organizations, are those willing to put the interests of other people before their own.

Value is a perception not a calculation. Value is something people feel, not something we tell them they get

We call them leaders because they go first, because they take the risk before anybody else does, because they will choose to sacrifice so their people will be safe and protected,

Rule books tell people what to do. Frameworks guide people how to act. Rule books insist on discipline. Frameworks allow for creativity.

We don’t do business with companies. We do business with people.

Leaders don't convince people to follow them. Leaders walk forward alone and those who want to go down their path decide to follow.

We should always choose to work with people we love. They are the ones who will watch our back and our future.

People who go to work to be a part of the cause don't go home. They are home. Now - who wants to quit?

The worst leaders are the once that think they have to know as much or more than the people who work with them. The best leaders are the once who know that their employees know hell of a lot more than what they know and willing to admit it whilst expressing the value of their employees.

If we inspire people, they will give us more than we asked for. If we manipulate them, they will give us exactly what we paid for

It is like when a player has a slump, we do not trade them, we coach them. It is the same with our employees. The best leaders come to the aid of their people, whose performance is down. Not come down harder on them.

A great leader will never sacrifice the people for the numbers.

A leader must be inspired by the people before a leader can inspire the people.

Work with people who believe what you believe.

It is not the genius at the top giving directions that makes people great. It is great people that make the guy at the top look like a genius.

A poor leader will tell you how many people work for them. A great leader will tell you how many people they work for.

Leaders may inspire, but only when the people decide to act does the leader's vision become a movement.

Hire people inspired to achieve something big over people who demand something big before they feel inspired.

Very few people or companies can clearly articulate WHY they do WHAT they do. By WHY I mean your purpose, cause or belief - WHY does your company exist? WHY do you get out of bed every morning? And WHY should anyone care?

Trust is built on telling the truth, not telling people what they want to hear.

The ability for a group of people to do remarkable things hinges on how well those people can pull together as a team.

The goal of business should not be to do business with anyone who simply wants what you have. It should be to focus on the people who believe what you believe. When we are selective about doing business only with those who believe in our WHY, trust emerges.

Truly effective and inspiring leaders aren’t actually driven to lead people; they are driven to serve them.

A good leader shares information, even if they don't know the whole story. Without any information, people create their own, which causes fear and paranoia.

The more you inspire, the more people will inspire you.

Remember to connect with people now and then. In fact, pick up the phone, right now, and call a friend for no other reason than to say hi.

Most people ignore opportunities because they see only danger. Entrepreneurs ignore danger because they see only opportunities.

If you don't understand people, you don't understand business.

We can not lead an organization, we can run an organization. We can only lead people.

A movement only exists when people are inspired to move, to do something, to make the cause their own.

True love is when both people think they have the better half of the deal.

People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it. And what you do simply proves what you believe

I don't care about convincing the people who think I'm naive or an idiot. I'm interested in how do I inspire the people who are open-minded that there's a different way of seeing the world.

More often than not when we do not like our work, it's not necessarily because of the work itself. But more often because of the people we work with and more importantly because of the lack of leadership. It is amazing how inspired and motivated we can be when we like the people and when we feel like we show up to work because our leaders care about our wellbeing. It is kind of incredible actually.

Offer your strengths to others and you'll be amazed how many people offer their strengths to you.

Inspire people to do the things that inspire them and, together, we can change our world.

Don't freak yourself out by what other people have. They don't have what you've got.

When we tell people to do their jobs, we get workers. When we trust people to get the job done, we get leaders.

We should invest in people not ideas. A good idea is often destroyed by bad people and good people can always make a bad idea better.

When leaders care less about their people, their people will be careless.

Life is beautiful not because of the things we see or do. Life is beautiful because of the people we meet.

Average companies give their people something to work on. The most innovative organizations give their people something to work toward.