In order to do what really matters to you, you have to, first of all, know what really matters to you.

I agree with Stephen Covey that too many people spend too much time on doing what is urgent rather than on doing what is import.

All connections matter, but the people you depend upon matter most.

From the biological standpoint, people deprived of the human moment in their day-to-day business dealings, actually in all domains of their lives, are losing brain cells - literally - while those who cultivate the human moment are growing them.

No work is "most important." Or, put differently, all work is important but work done poorly becomes most important.

I would suggest that excellence occurs in direct proportion to necessary suffering, but in inverse proportion to unnecessary suffering or toxic stress. Connection is the best antidote to unnecessary suffering.

Newcomers should be put in an established position where the expectations are known and help is available. New major assignments should mainly go to people whose behaviors and habits are well known and who have already earned trust and credibility.