The U.S. is facing a structural competitiveness problem that is leading to the weakest economy we have seen in generations.

Strategy is about setting yourself apart from the competition. It's not a matter of being better at what you do - it's a matter of being different at what you do.

Competitive strategy is about being different. It means deliberately choosing a different set of activities to deliver a unique mix of value.

Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it's about deliberately choosing to be different.

A strategy delineates a territory in which a company seeks to be unique.

If a strategy meets a goal: It's working. If a strategy meets a target: It's a success.

The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy.

The purpose of the corporation must be redefined as creating shared value, not just profit per se. This will drive the next wave of innovation and productivity growth in the global economy.

There's a fundamental distinction between strategy and operational effectiveness.

Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.

The company without a strategy is willing to try anything.

Many Christians who profess Christ do not live as though they possess Him.

Determined soul, willing spirit.

If you are idle, ask “why?” If you feel like life is boring for you, ask “why?” When you get into a disappointment, ask “why?” Even if you come out of all torments and disturbances, ask “why?

We fall, we fall together

Truth can hardly be expected to adapt herself to the crooked policy and wily sinuosities of worldly affairs; for truth, like light, travels only in straight lines.

Lies were like having a pregnant rabbit. One day you had one, but before you knew it, there were rabbits all over the place.

The last person to be beatified by Pope John Paul II was Mother Teresa of Calcutta in 2003.

Shouldnt we be the light brigades rather than the bandwagon?

Martial arts have two parts. One is external, other internal. The external is physical part. The internal is philosophy of how to be, what kind of person learns martial arts.

I don't know why I'm saying any of this, except that it's the truth." -Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist