If you walk backwards, you will never stub your toe.

All success is, really, is having a predetermined plan and carrying it out successfully over a long period of time.

Deadlines aren't bad. They help you organize your time. They help you set priorities. They make you get going when you might not feel like it.

Expect to make some mistakes when you try new and different approaches. Sometimes colossal failures lead to spectacular successes.

You can't learn anything if you are doing all the talking. Sales people should always be developing their earQ, not their IQ. The only way to create a successful sale is to understand that knowledge from listening does not become power until it is used. And ideas without action are worthless.

You'll always get the good news; it's how fast you get the bad news that counts.

The annals of business are filled with stories of companies that thought they had it made and could milk their enterprises without having to bother about improving their products or services. It's amazing how fast they found their markets disappearing.