Green Is A Process, Not A Status.

Great Leaders, The Research Shows, Are Made As They Gradually Acquire, In The Course Of Their Lives And Careers, The Competencies That Make Them So Effective. The Competencies Can Be Learned By Any Leader, At Any Point.

There Is A Newly Coined Word In The English Language For The Moment When The Person We're With Whips Out Their Blackberry Or Answers That Cell Phone, And All Of A Sudden We Don't Exist. The Word Is 'pizzled': It's A Combination Of Puzzled And Pissed Off.

People Tend To Become More Emotionally Intelligent As They Age And Mature.

True Compassion Means Not Only Feeling Another's Pain But Also Being Moved To Help Relieve It.

School Success Is Not Predicted By A Child's Fund Of Facts Or A Precocious Ability To Read As Much As By Emotional And Social Measures; Being Self-assured And Interested: Knowing What Kind Of Behavior Is Expected And How To Rein In The Impulse To Misbehave; Being Able To Wait, To Follow Directions, And To Turn To Teachers For Help; And Expressing Needs While Getting Along With Other Children.