Insecure managers create complexity. Frightened, nervous managers use thick convoluted planning books and busy slides filled with everything they’ve known since childhood……. They worry that if they’re simple, people will think they’re simple minded. In reality, of course, it’s just the reverse. Clear, tough minded people are the most simple.

Don't lose youself on the way to the top.

It is better to act too quickly than it is to wait too long.

In real life, strategy is actually very straightforward. You pick a general direction and implement like hell.

No one is guaranteed a job in this.

I wanted to change the rules of engagement, asking for more- from fewer. I was insisting that we had to have only the best people...If you wanted excellence, at a minimum, the ambience had to reflect excellence.

If you have a reputation as a big, stiff bureaucracy, you're stuck.