Pale ink is better than the most retentive memory. If it's written down, you can look it up. Just be damn sure you write it down.

If you want to double your success ratio, you have to double your failure ratio.

The employees who share innovative ideas may also be the folks who have some hidden talents that would help incorporate their suggestions.

Amateurs wait for inspiration. The real pros get up and go to work.

When a person with money meets a person with experience, the person with the experience winds up with the money and the person with the money winds up with the experience.

It's the oldest, corniest piece of advice in the world but it still works. The strongest networks are built on friendship. Be a friend not only to the people in your network, but to the people who matter the most to the people in your network.

It's nice to be important, but more important to be nice. You don't know who your top customers will be five years from now or where you will be in 10 years. You may have a fancy title, but you will always need help from the people around you.