The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself. Check yourself against this list of obstacles to a pleasing personality: interrupting others; sarcasm; vanity; being a poor listener; insincere flattery; finding fault; challenging others without good cause; giving unsolicited advice; complaining; attitude of superiority; envy of others' success; poor posture and dress.

In the business world, everyone is always working at legitimate cross purposes, governed by self interest.

It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.

I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them. My philosophy is to stay as close as possible to what's happening. If I can't solve something, how the hell can I expect my managers to.

If you keep working you'll last longer. I'd hate to spend the rest of my life trying to outwit an 18-inch fish.

A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason.

What you manage in business is people