Culture is not what an organization claims to value. Culture is what leadership repeatedly tolerates, rewards, disciplines, ignores, and promotes.
The highest level of strategic debate is to get your opponent to commit to a set of principles and then “snapping their neck” with them.
If I want to get fit, I talk to my fit friend.
If I want to know unique concepts, I talk to my intellectual friend.
If I want to enrich my relationships, I talk to the friend who actively does that.
If I want to understand spiritual concepts, I talk to my spiritual friend.
“Just kidding” is often the refuge of people who want the impact of disrespect without the accountability for it.
Real humor creates connection.
Cowardly humor needs a victim.
Typically, these peoples’ personal relationships are in shambles.
Talent = what we do best
Passion = what we love to do
Mission = the product/service that we care about putting into the world
Ryan Rodriquez retweeted
A single accountant stole $53 million from her employer over 20 years and nobody noticed
Rita Crundwell was the comptroller of Dixon, Illinois with a population of 15,000
She opened a secret bank account called “Reserve Sewer Capital Development Account”
For two decades she transferred city funds into it while filing fake invoices
She used the money to become the most successful quarter horse breeder in America
Owned 400 horses, multiple farms, a custom bus, and a $2.1 million motorhome
She won the World Championship in quarter horse breeding four times while actively robbing a small town
Only got caught because a substitute accountant covered her desk while she was on vacation
The city had been cutting firefighter jobs and road repairs for years while this was happening
$53 million. One woman. 20 years. One vacation.
Ryan Rodriquez retweeted
The real leader is usually the one asking the question nobody else wanted to ask.
Your calendar should be a reflection of the priorities of your fitness, intellect, relationships, and energy.


