Happiness is good, but well-overrated: what we hate most are the very motivators that put us in gear. A man drifts along with little to contribute until something agitates him enough to make a difference, whether for himself or for his communities.

My friend Richard Carrion, the CEO of Puerto Rico__ top bank, once shared a line with me that I__l never forget: __obin, nothing fails like success._ Powerful thought. Your business is most vulnerable when it__ most successful. Success actually breeds complacency, inefficiency and _ worst of all _ arrogance. Whenever I share this point with a roomful of CEOs, every one of them nods their head at this one. Please let me give you a real-world example from my own life.

A great man is always willing to be little.

No wonder she was so underweight. She was desperate to please a woman that could never be pleased, in the hopes of being loved and accepted by the very person that should be giving that freely.

Every person has a longing to be significant, to make a contribution, to be a part of something noble and purposeful.

We all have an opportunity and responsibility to create a legacy. A legacy which is resilient, sustainable and authentic." - Jim Cookson, Doctoral Student, Ashridge Business School, UK, August 2014