They were making a deal for a property that clearly was a property that we wanted to own, so we had to act, and act as quickly as we could, and make the offer more attractive.

If we wait for the perfect answer, the world will pass us by

Its a marathon, its not a sprint. Ten years. Fifteen years. You've got to get up everyday, with a new idea, a new spin, and you've got to bring it to work, every day

There's no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences.

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

Some think that it is cruel or brutal to remove the bottom 10 percent of our people. It isn't. It's just the opposite. What I think is brutal and "false kindness" is keeping people around who aren't going to grow and prosper. There's no cruelty like waiting and telling people late into their careers that they don't belong - just when the options are limited and they're putting their children through college or paying off big mortgages.

As leaders, we owe it to every employee to let them know where they stand in the organization.