Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

When weblame, we give away our power.

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

A goodmanager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wastingthe energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight youopenly when they think that you are wrong that's healthy.

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.