Leaders come in two flavors, expanders and containers. The best leadership teams have a mix of both.

Harebrained schemes often lead to great discoveries.

Great sales people [don't] have the ability to feel sorry for themselves.

My mother's genius was to put her finger on the gifts she saw in each of us, and make every one of us believe that that gift was uniquely ours.

You may not like the idea of putting money into a home when you're moving out. But it's demanded by the market. You need to show it off. You don't have to rip out the kitchen and bathroom. But maybe replace the tiles or the countertops. Get professional advice.

I sat down and collected all of our eleven sales for the past six months and I added them all together and divided by eleven. I then took that average and presented it as the average price for a Manhattan apartment. The media ate it up.

That ability to pop back up is true of anyone who succeeds in their field.