If you are going to make a change, make it big and bold. Walk up to the biggest guy on the block, stand in his face and get it started. Then go around, brigade by brigade, making it make sense.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If you are going to make a change, don't go halfway. Make it with conviction and stick with your new idea. Ignore the scoffers. Remember, it is a law of nature that if something is different you're going to be taunted, jeered, and told the world is flat. Let the doubters fall off the edge.
When you deal with change, you have a couple choices: you can lead it and make the rules, or you can be a fast follower, or you can be a slow follower.
You must be bold, brave, and courageous and find a way... to get in the way.
As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me.
The people say I have to change? Well, the people have to tell me what I should do to change.
If you want small changes in your life, work on your attitude. But if you want big and primary changes, work on your paradigm.
As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.
I want to get the message out that everybody can make a difference.
I'm a leader, not a dictator. I want to persuade people rather than threaten or control them.
The message that I gave on the - on the steps today was that you need to stand for those things that are right and empower the individual. Believe in the power of one person. Don't believe that you can't do it. Everybody wants - everybody wants a shot. That we can all agree on. Beyond that, it becomes politics. I'm not talking politics.