“I define empathy as the ability to put yourself in somebody else’s shoes and to understand and connect with what they are feeling - to feel what they’re feeling. You first have to understand the world as they see it through their eyes.”

Good listeners listen to what people say, and great listeners notice what people don’t say. When you know the neuroscience of listening, you realize that people can think up to nine times faster than they can speak. So the first thing they say is probably between ten and fourteen percent of what they are thinking.

“The reality is, we are all interconnected and there’s a broader perspective that a lot of people don’t have on how my actions and the actions of our community then affect the actions of our state, which affect the actions of our country.”

I look at entrepreneurs, particularly founder-inclined people, like modern day superheroes. They are the people that are responsible for taking on the biggest challenges, with the longest, toughest odds, and overcoming incredible obstacles. And if and when they’re successful, they’re likely to change the world.”

Mindfulness is basically focus - that I can focus on what I choose to focus on and not everything else. And focus is so powerful in business. Our ability to focus on what we want, to me, does create business results. So, I see it to be totally compatible with business.

“Most business leaders are undervaluing the intangibles of their business.”

“There’s a time to lead from the front, and a time to lead from behind, and a time to lead by the side. And, I found that was a bit of a different model for me. I wanted to always lead from the front.”

“True leadership means you’re in the game. People don’t see you as someone that won’t do the same thing that they do.”

“The most important word in every sentence is the last word of that sentence.”

"The more experiences you have in life, your toolbox is going to be better and greater."

“The most successful sales people are curious, disciplined, organized, and engage all available resources.”

“Relationships are the most important part of life and work.”