Rasheed Ogunlaru

Business should never be merely transactional -it should be transformational

It is not blindly pushing your own agenda that will enrich the world. It__ is your ability and willingness to understand, appreciate, anticipate, address, serve and support the lives of others that will.

The tragedy about history - personally and globally - is that while we may learn it we rarely learn from it.

If you must walk in someone's shadow make sure it's your own

When you feel that others are lacking and failing ....first assess the skill, style, quality, results, mindset, support, professionalism and spirit with which you yourself play the game.

Leadership is not about the power and status of one but the empowerment and service of all. That is what it should be and that is how it should be measured.

Just because a door appears closed it does not mean that it is locked - nor that it will not open with the right heart, call or touch

You'll find that more doors open if you approach them with an open heart rather than a closed mind.

Life should not be reduced to a to do list.

Gratitude for being alive is the best way to rise and shine.

Always take some of the play, fun, freedom and wonder of the weekend into your week & your work

Sometimes it's important to dare to dream - small or big - like Mandela, Gandhi, Winfrey, Obama, Malala and Dr King. From Einstein to Hawking - the skies no limit. From Ali to the Williams sisters - through trials and talent find the champions within. Like my mother did to raise great kids. Like the one or many who run with this. Like the unsung heroes in every city and village. Like the kind of heart and selfless healers. Like every act of kindness you ever did and received. Like the human spirit beyond class, colour and creed. Like every soul who has raised our consciousness. From one to all - love IS all we have and need.

A few simple tips for life: feet on the ground, head to the skies, heart open...quiet mind

It's is not enough just to follow your heart. Use it in every breath and in each step. Meet and greet everyone with it. Put it into all you do, every dish you eat and all you create. Then your life and those of those you come into contact with will be truly rich - beyond material and transient things.

You may wonder why so many of my quotes - and all my work - is about love, compassion and inner peace? Because life is nothing, empty, bereft without these things.

Gratitude is the best food and fuel to start the day for you. Have some at lunchtime and again at dinner too. It will energise and sustain you - the whole day through. But it will also leave you room, power and the thirst to do what you need to do and contribute.

Despair and disappointment are the parent of countless inspired, inspiring, triumphant creations

You will never get the best out of anyone professionally unless you understand what motivates and makes them tick personally - as a human being