There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

I have found that leadership is leadership is leadership. It applies whether you are in government or in corporate life or in non-profit life.

It is the job of leaders to eliminate uncertainty.

Trust is the glue that holds an org together & the lubricant that moves it forward.

I have always held the view that decisive force should be used in addressing a military conflict. The reason is simple: Why wouldn't you, if you could?

Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard. Learn from the pros, observe them, seek them out as mentors and partners. But remember that even the pros may have leveled out in terms of their learning and skills. Sometimes even the pros can become complacent and lazy.

I'll tell you what they're all going to face, whichever one of them becomes president on January 21st of 2009. They will face a military force - a United States military force that cannot sustain - continually sustain 140,000 people deployed in Iraq and the 20-odd or 25,000 people we have deployed in Afghanistan and our other deployments.