Make the second effort your second nature.

Winners surround themselves with other winners. A winner knows he's a winner. He doesn't need second-raters and yes-men around to feed his ego. He knows he'll win more, and go further, with associates who not only can keep up with him but who also are capable of teaching him something.

If we could measure the damage to corporations from gossip, it might be more than the GNP of the Third World!

Your day usually goes the way the corners of your mouth turn. The most powerful single thing you can do to influence others is to smile at them.

You're as old as you behave.

Many successful people are no more talented than unsuccessful people. The difference between them lies in the old axiom that successful people do those things that unsuccessful people don't like to do.

A smart manager will establish a culture of gratitude. Expand the appreciative attitude to suppliers, vendors, delivery people, and of course, customers.