Media of Leadership Influence

"The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership."

-Colin Powell

"Focus on what you control. Everything else will handle itself."

-Shawn Peterson

" If a man breaks a pledge, the public ought to know it."

-Steve Forbes

I had the privilege of meeting and asking Warren Buffett some questions at a future leader's conference (2000), but I did not have the foresight or the existence of an iPhone to take pictures. As a young teenager I asked him the naive question of what stock he would recommend. I generally remember his response. 

"I like companies like Gillette, because I don't see people stopping shaving."

Quotes of my dad:

On Honesty and Integrity

"Always tell the truth; that way you have a lot less to remember."

On Hard Work

"There isn't a point in doing something, unless you plan on doing it right the first time."

On taking on large tasks

"There is only one way to eat an elephant. One bight at a time."

I attribute all of these to Gary Peterson, who through hard work made it to top of Engineering at Unio