The common wisdom is that ... managers have to learn to motivate people. Nonsense. Employees bring their own motivation.

Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.

The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people.

If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.

The greatest difficulty in the world is not for people to accept new ideas, but to make them forget old ideas.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. They don't think 'I'. They think 'we'; they think 'team'.

Celebrate what you want to see more of.

Excellence is not an aspiration. Excellence is what you do in the next five minutes.

Divas do it, golfers do it, pilots do it, violists do it, sprinters do it, soldiers do it, surgeons do it, astronauts do it...only business people think it isn't necessary to train.

The thing that keeps a business ahead of the competition is excellence in execution.

Stop being conned by the old mantra that says, 'Leaders are cool, managers are dweebs.' Instead, follow the Peters Principle: Leaders are cool. Managers are cool too!

Look at me, chica." When she does, I repeat, "Eres hermosa.""What does it mean?""You're beautiful.

In order to become great, one must understand the secret of time conversion.

The secret to unseating great power, is not to move the other direction, but to compete directly against their goals.

Guys are always confused by how soft and sentimental they are.

It was the first follower that transformed the lone nut into a leader.

A lot of people want to see this idealized version of heroism, all pretty and perfect, and I'm not interested in playing the goody-goody hero at all.

Let your love propel your beloveds into the world-and into the full experience of who they are. In this will you have truly loved.

When you live with an open heart, unexpected, joyful things happen

My weaknesses are women in high heels, freedom under siege, and ebay. (Steele)

There are millions of business ideas out there but only a tiny percentage of businesses succeed.