Building habits of group vulnerability is like building a muscle. It takes time, repetition, and the willingness to feel pain in order to achieve gains. And, as with building muscle, the first key is to approach the process with a plan.

Can you see how tremendously renewing this tradition of serving together can be? It’s spiritually renewing because it’s focused on something higher than self.

THE LAW OF THE INNER CIRCLE - You are the average of the people you spend the most time with

Don’t listen to respond; listen to understand. Take your time. Remember, your job is to slow the conversation down so you can discover what it really wants and needs to be about.

The Harder Something Is to Attain, the More We Want It

The basic elements of this story are repeated in the lives of all of the great M asters in history: a yo uthful passion or predilection, a chance encounter that allows them to discover how to apply it, an appre nticeship in which they come alive with ener gy and focus.

When I want a bigger house, I first buy assets that will generate the cash flow to pay for the house.

This book is like having the smartest person in the story meeting come home with you and whisper what to do in your ear as you write a screenplay. Insight for insight, step for step, Chris Vogler takes us through the process of connecting theme to story and making a script come alive. - Lynda Obst

Meaningful relationships are invaluable for building and sustaining a culture of excellence, because they create the trust and support that people need to push each other to do great things.

Iterative development, based on customer insights and feedback, helps refine the product and optimize its value over time.