To be successful you have to be lucky, or a little mad, or very talented, or find yourself in a rapid growth field.

Being right is not too difficult. Your choose your perception. You select your information. You leave out what does not suit you. You drag in some general-purpose value words. You throw in a sneer or two about the opposition, and you are a fine fellow who made a fine speech.

An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.

Complexity creates confusion, simplicity focus.

Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.

One can think of a secretary actively operating a filing system, of a librarian actively cataloguing books, of a computer actively sorting out information. The mind however does not actively sort out information. The information sorts itself out and organises itself into patterns. The mind is passive. The mind only provides an opportunity for the information to behave in this way. The mind provides a special environment in which information can become self-organising. This special environment is a memory surface with special characteristics.

Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation will thrive.