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Observers don't change the world: participants and question-askers change the world.

Questions are powerful: they can completely shift the direction of a conversation, shift the energy in a room, and transform our understanding of the world.

Questions are the first step to living a better story.

What is one thing in your life that you're covering?

Create a powerful story about yourself, your mission, and your truth. When you have a powerful story and mission that's bigger than yourself, it's a lot easier to do something that scares you because you're working towards a vision you want to create in the world.

It takes courage to show up, it takes courage to live your truth, and even more courage to do so every. Damn. Day.

Commitment does not have an expiration date. Most people give up when things aren't going according to their timeframe, but you must not allow the time that it takes to happen to dictate how much or how long you are willing to give.

Many of us believe that we have the right to give people dignity—that's a lie. The only thing that we could do with people is affirm the dignity that is inherit already on the inside of them.

In order to fulfill what it is that you're called or purpose or destined to do, you have to literally marry your ideas and divorce your past.

I learned that commitment severs all ties with options of compromise and grows your leadership.

You gotta keep your vision solid but your plans fluid.

Accumulators live their entire lives looking to amass a bunch of stuff. . . . Distributors see themselves as channels of goodness in this world and they commit themselves to a life of generosity.

There is a difference between interest and commitment. When you're interested in something, you only do it when it's convenient. But when you're committed to something, you'll do it because it's necessary. It's a vital aspect to your life.

Commitment is born out of survival.

For the very first time, I heard that I could be a leader and it was from somebody who was also broken, looked down upon, and marginalized. I learned something; I had to do something.

The way we engage with others is just as important as the outcome.

Showing compassion is usually messy, complicated and hard.

Compassion means to share in the sufferings of another with the aim to do something about it.

Acts of courage change the world.

There’s a distinct ripple effect that occurs when we witness or perform acts of courage.

We creative types are fed a lie and that is we should be paid less because we get to do what we love. . . . I'd argue that we should get paid more because we have the guts to do what we love.

Your dream job is not your dream job if it doesn't pay you what you're worth.

Quality is the goal of all craftsman.

In order to be a successful artist, you must master your craft.

Success is not money and money is not success.