Managers often hold on to resisters because of a specific skill set or because they've been around for a long time. Don't.

Genuine leadership comes from the quality of your vision and your ability to spark others to extraordinary performance.

Nothing of any importance has ever been accomplished by a pessimist.

I’ve learned in a hundred ways that I rarely regretted acting but often regretted NOT acting fast enough.

In order to lead a country or a company, you've got to get everybody on the same page and you've got to be able to have a vision of where you're going. America can't have a vision of health care for everybody, green economy, regulations - can't have a bunch of piece - meal activities. It's got to have a vision.

First and most obvious, bring out the three old warhorses of competition - cost, quality, and service - and drive them to new levels, making every person in the organization see them for what they are, a matter of survival.

Control your destiny or somebody will.