For every person who can imagine a possibility there are tens of thousands who are stuck in the greased grooves of history.

The problem with the future is that it is different, if you are unable to think differently, the future will always arrive as a surprise.

**New business concepts are always, always the product of lucky foresight.** That's right - the essential insight doesn't come out of any dirigiste planning process; it comes form some cocktail of happenstance, desire, curiosity, ambition and need. But at the end of the day, there has to be a degree of foresight -- a sense of where new riches lie. So radical innovation is always one part fortuity and one part clearheaded vision. [first-line bold by author] [2002] p.23

A titled leader relies heavily on positional power to get things done; a natural leader is able to mobilize others without the whip of formal authority.

The fact is, society is made more hospitable by every individual who acts as if 'do unto others' really was a rule.

Like a child star whose fame fades as the years advance, many once-innovative companies become less so as they mature.

The value of your network is the square of the number of people in it.