Listening is a leadership skill that has to be developed. It is about respecting others and yourself enough so that you can put yourself, your company, your family, in position to win.

The actions taken are all that matters. Some of those actions will be helpful, others will not, but it is always important to act rather than react. The determination to see through the process of team-building is everything. What is essential in every company, organization, or team is a knowledge of your business. Skill, not luck, is what is deman

How do you put curiosity to work in your life? What practical steps can you take to make sure you exploit this natural power to allow you to make commitments? The most basic step is a willingness to deal with what is right in front of you. If your competitor has a product that is top of the line, you have to find out what made that product so speci

A good shot always comes from the toes and then flows up through the body to the fingertips. And I observed then that for good shooters to get off good shots, they had to be in position to use their feet, their toes. They had to essentially square up to the basket, and if they didn’t, if they were forced to turn to the side, for example, they would

loved making passes in from out of bounds because I could see each of my teammates so distinctly in the rush of bodies moving this way and that. By then, because I had acquired enough technique, I could slow those bodies down in my mind’s eye before I released the ball.

Maybe we are not teaching our children how to listen because it seems to me that eighty percent of people hear while only twenty percent really listen. If this were an illness (and I do believe it is catching), it could be considered an epidemic. One of the consequences of a society that can’t or just won’t listen is a shallowness of understanding

Some decisions require most of all the ability to let go, particularly where unanticipated bad results have occurred. For individuals, teams, companies, mistaken choices are always part of the picture. How we handle these decisions is almost more important than the decisions themselves, because we need to learn from our mistakes, let go, and go on.

Tenderness is always the result of intelligence. In other words, tenderness allowed these leaders to better see and respect the talents of those they were dealing with. Far from being soft-headed, these leaders were exhibiting farsightedness that led directly to the enormous successes they achieved in life. A tyrant without tenderness, a tough guy

Russell always knew what he was doing on the court. A great winner is, above all, self-aware. He understands the impact that he has on other players.