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" Leadership is not about the next election, it's about the next generation. "

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" The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership. "

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" Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. "

" To spend more money, you have to have more money, but time is fixed and we all have the same amount to spare. How we choose to spend it can make a significant difference on the impact we have in our careers or in the world. "

" I like stories of the classic hero, of good versus evil, the ones in which the good guys wear white and the bad guys wear black... and I love a good sword fight. "

" All the great organizations in the world, all have a sense of why that organization does what it does. "

" Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected. "

" A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. "

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" Any parent who tells their kids that they can't attend a school play or go to a soccer match because they have to work is kidding themselves. It's OK to miss a game or two or a performance here and there, but it's not all right to miss the majority of them. "

" A five minute call replaces the time it takes to read and reply to the original email and read and reply to their reply... or replies. And I no longer spend 20+ minutes crafting the perfect email - no need to. "

" We can't all be good at everything. This is partly the logic behind having a team in the first place, so each role can be filled with the person best suited for that role and together, every job and every strength is covered. "

" The most basic human desire is to feel like you belong. Fitting in is important. "

" To become an academic expert takes years of studying. Academic experts are experts in how and what others have done. They use case studies and observation to understand a subject. "

" Great leaders don't need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness. "

" To operate based on conviction and belief requires an acceptance that your actions could get you fired. This is different from pig-headed bravado, and it is different from putting the company at risk. "

" The strong bond of friendship is not always a balanced equation; friendship is not always about giving and taking in equal shares. Instead, friendship is grounded in a feeling that you know exactly who will be there for you when you need something, no matter what or when. "

" It's important to slow down, every now and then, for no other reason than to call someone to say 'Hi.' It doesn't have to be a long conversation. Just calling out of the blue does more to let someone know you still care about them than nearly anything else. "

" There is not a single one of us with a job that is not completely reliant in some way shape or form on others. "

" Though there are lessons that can be learned about becoming a great leader, most exist inherently in the bellies of those who lead. "

" Over 90% of people go home at the end of the day feeling unfulfilled by their work, and I won't stop working until that statistic is reversed - until over 90% of people go home and can honestly say, 'I love what I do.' "

" The single best machine to measure trust is a human being. We haven't figured out a metric that works better than our own sort of, like, 'There's something fishy about you.' "

" Entrepreneurs must be practical experts. They needn't set out to be subject matter experts in what they do; they must set out to solve a problem or pursue some cause or purpose greater than themselves. "

" People don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it. "

" Panic causes tunnel vision. Calm acceptance of danger allows us to more easily assess the situation and see the options. "

" The big picture doesn't just come from distance; it also comes from time. "

" 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. "

" Wal-Mart's size and scale is so vast they literally have the ability to change the face of the entire country. If Wal-Mart were to make a decision tomorrow to refuse to sell a single product made with partially hydrogenated oils, for example, we'd probably see rates from heart disease decline a few years later. That's how powerful Wal-Mart is. "

" The trick to balance is to not make sacrificing important things become the norm. "

" Republicans are completely befuddled by Obama's 'star power' and don't seem to have a clear or effective strategy to compete. "

" The most effective leaders are actually better at guarding against danger when they acknowledge it that it exists. Cowards, in contrast, cling to the hope that failure will never happen and may be sloppy in the face of danger - not because they don't acknowledge that it exists, but because they are just too afraid of it to look it in the eye. "