The best bosses understand the people working for them. That's the first component: what makes my people tick? What are they in it for?

The best bosses understand the people working for them. That's the first component: what makes my people tick? What are they in it for?

Every great business leader I've ever met, in addition to being very smart, very driven, they have this, 'Why not me? Screw it, I deserve it, let's go.' And if you don't have that, you can't achieve greatness.

The only thing I hated about the agency business was a lot of business travel. It was the only part of my job that I did not like. I found it very tedious and wearing.

The failure-dichotomy principle: failure is good. Failure is not an option. Balance those in your brain.

You know you're doing what you love when Sunday nights feel the same as Friday nights.

You can be hard on people as long as you're just as hard on yourself.