Executives are constrained not by resources but by their imagination.

The resource allocation task of top management has received too much attention when compared to the task of resource leverage.

Dividing meager resources across a host of medium term operational goals creates mediocrity on a broad scale.

Invest time in languages and intercultural awareness. Focus on becoming part of global citizenry. In exchange for the opportunity to participate everywhere/anywhere in the world you have the obligation to do something productive, which will improve the world. Develop a personal mission, a desire to leave personal legacy.

Strategy is about stretching limited resources to fit ambitious aspirations.

Assume responsibility for outcomes as well as for the processes and people you work with. How you achieve results will shape the kind of person you become.

There is an important distinction between barriers to entry and barriers to imitation.