Trying to get people to face reality and see the world the way it really is is an absolutely critical aspect of leadership, in my view.

I might not be the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but I'm pretty good at getting most of the other bulbs to light up.

Be candid with everyone.

Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.

Change before you have to.

If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete.

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.

On the face of it, shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world.

Shareholder value is a result, not a strategy . . . Your main constituencies are your employees, your customers and your products.

If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near.

Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while.

Give life a purpose to pursue.

Wisdom is not merchandise, hence it is possible to come across a rich fool.

To hear how great your friends think you are: fake your death, or, get married.

Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.

Jo shook her head. She wished she had an answer for Claire, but as far as she knew, love would leave its mark. Sometimes it even took the skin right off you.

An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.

If you have issues with family, friends, and people at work, try and solve these issues head on so you can move on and concentrate on having the life you want.

People didn't love all of this when they still had it. If you love something, you do what's best for it. You don't destroy it.

I don't like pictures in books. I feel that the pictures diminish the words, and the words diminish the pictures, and it doesn't work.

My meditation is a method of being aware - of whatever you are doing, thinking, feeling.