At at any point in time, knowing what has to get done, and when, creates a terrain for maneuvering.

My opinion is that anybody offended by breastfeeding is staring too hard

Much of the stress that people feel doesn't come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they've started.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel, but the way out is through.

Your ability to generate power is directly proportional to your ability to relax

Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them.

Once a week, do a thorough review of all your projects in as much detail as you need to. If you do, your systems will work. If you don't, no system will work.

Sometimes the biggest gain in productive energy will come from cleaning the cobwebs, dealing with old business, and clearing the desks—cutting loose debris that's impeding forward motion.

You can do anything, but not everything.

Small things done consistently, in strategic places, create major impact.

Most people move actually into high performance in a crisis because that creates the kind of focus that creates high performance.

You can teach a bubbly person to repair shoes, but you can't put the personality into a grumpy cobbler.John Timpson

When we teach people to run after miracles, we make them shallow men.

I've never learned to drive because I get lots of ideas when I'm a passenger in a car. I love to get in a car with a driver and just think and work things out.

I know what I want. I try and convey that at the beginning and set that out, but within those parameters, I'm very happy for them to experiment and try things and give it a go. To me, it's important.

Be the alter not the alternative.

Every thought you think and every word you speak is affirming something.

The more people come out, the less it will be an issue.

[Librarians] study their field with as much determination and as much delight as open-heart surgeons.

Obsession is a young man's game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.

Clearly he has to create games to win em!