Every individual and every team within the larger team gets to share in the success. Accomplishing the strategic mission is the highest priority.

The average person will need to put in about forty hours a week for five years to become highly accomplished in their chosen pursuit. It’s incredibly difficult to perform at an extremely high level in very different—and sometimes conflicting—pursuits. Get to the 90 or 95 percent level in any pursuit and you will be extremely successful and will feel incredibly good about yourself.

Don’t try to do too much yourself. Remember, it’s “we” not “I.

Learn to enjoy the present moment from your inner child.

Mourn the loss of your old self and embrace the new you

These exceptional organizations all have cultures in which the leaders provide cover from above and the people on the ground look out for each other. This is the reason they are willing to push hard and take the kinds of risks they do. And the way any organization can achieve this is with empathy.

All feelings are legitimate and are meant to lead to addressing, processing, and resolving in mindful ways.

Let us bow in shame and confess before God how our fleshly religion and self-effort have been the cause of every failure.

When you really want something, all the universe conspires in helping you achieve it. This happens because your desire is originated in the soul of the world.

Balance your extrinsic and intrinsic motivations