I’ve found that people work harder when they are held accountable, and their confidence level rises along with that.

Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.

When we take responsibility for something, we are imbued with great power to make things better.

I get an extra 20 IQ points from being in that office,

When we tell people to do their jobs, we get workers. When we trust people to get the job done, we get leaders.

When a man gets into his head an idea that the public voice calls for him, it is astonishing how great becomes his trust in the wisdom of the public.

Qualities that lead to increasing intelligence:

1. The curiosity to experiment and explore.<br/>2. The honesty to observe the world as it is, not as you wish it to be.<br/>3. The humility to kill your favorite ideas when you learn something new.<br/>4. The consistency to repeat this cycle for life.

People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success.

I realized then that if something is at stake, the human mind gets ignited and working capacity gets enhanced manifold.

I realized that if something is at stake, the human mind gets ignited and the working capacity gets enhanced manifold.

You can't double your intelligence in one hour, but you can use one hour to write something twice as clear. And ideas that are easy to read and easy to understand will make you seem smarter. The better you communicate, the more intelligent you appear.

They taught me so much and had more confidence in me than I had in myself.