Good commanders look after their troops, and good troops look after their commanders.

Once you attach your personality to a proposition, people start reacting to the personality and stop reacting to the proposition.

Fatigue makes fools of us all. It robs you of your skills and your judgment, and it blinds you to creative solutions. It's the best-conditioned athlete, not the most talented, who generally wins when the going gets tough.

Give your subconscious a chance to work by turning your brain off from time to time. Don't focus on work or solving problems constantly.

Are you worried about pressure? I look at it this way: Pressure is having to do something you are not totally prepared to do.

Deep down inside of all of us is the power to accomplish what we want to, if we'll just stop looking elsewhere.

Pessimism doesn't grow your business or even maintain the status quo. The pessimists on your staff make the job harder for everyone around them. They make difficulties out of opportunities.