If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It is much easier to apologise than it is to get permission.

At any given moment, there is always a line representing what your boss will believe. If you step over it, you will not get your budget. Go as close to that line as you can.

You manage things and lead people.

The glass is neither half empty nor half full. It's simply larger than it needs to be. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission

You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership.

The most damaging phrase in the language is: 'It's always been done that way.'

I've received many honors and I'm grateful for them; but I've already received the highest award I'll ever receive, and that has been the privilege and honor of serving very proudly in the United States Navy.