Business is business and politics is politics and never between shall meet.

Just keep asking questions. Does this job allow me to be myself? Does it make me smarter? Does it open doors? Does it represent a compromise I accept? Does it touch my inner being?

Ask yourself: Does the job touch my heart and feed my soul? You will never be what you were meant to be if you aren't having fun.

We call it your area of destiny. We urge people to build their careers at that intersection of what they're uniquely good at ... and what you love to do.

It used to be you rose up through the ranks, and by the time you got a job as a boss, you had done the work of everybody beneath you.

It's a choice that you make and there's consequences. It's something you have to own.

When I first met Jack, I was terrified of him. I wasn't expecting a fun, laughing, enjoyable, exciting guy. I walked into his office like most people, with my knees knocking together. I was scared.

You should ask for a performance evaluation. Ask your boss, where do I stand? I need to know what I can do better and what I'm doing well.

Most people don't know where they stand. One day their boss gives them an eye roll, and it can set back their whole day. It causes enormous stress.

You've got to dig in [and learn about things you don't know] if you want to stay in the conversation.

I love the way business works, when there's a crisis or a scandal, there is blood on the floor. Somebody pays, people are held accountable, that's just not politics.

Plants and Books are silent Friends to Mankind.The former grows silently to let you live.The later grows you silently to 'live

It's good to remind intelligence producers and consumers alike about the need to 'warn of emerging conditions, trends, threats and opportunities' and the potential for discontinuities.

That's the result of the black cloud on baseball, .. Until it's rid of steroids, people are naturally going to think that.

They are by far the worst drivers. They are spiteful, dithering, old and in the way. They should have their licences taken away.

I feel like I've influenced in the sense that if you want to do it, do it. If you don't want to do it, don't do it. But don't rely on what people are saying you can do or saying what you can't do.

The further I get into recovery, the less I know.

My dad told me that no one could ever make it as a writer, that my chances were equivalent to winning the lottery - which was good for me, because I like to have something to prove.

An ounce of practice is better than tons of theory.

Love is merely a madness.