What Sam Walton did was to go into one of the most mature industries of all and find a way to make it grow, grow, grow, double-digit, month after month, year after year. He did it by innovation, customer focus, and above all, speed.

We've only been wealthy in this country for 70 years. Who said we ought to have all this? Is it ordained?

When you were made a leader you weren't given a crown, you were given the responsibility to bring out the best in others.

In my lifetime, Mitt Romney is the most qualified leader I've ever seen run for the presidency of the United States.

Too many people believe that one big, public success will solve their self-confidence problems forever. That only happens in the movies. In real life, the opposite strategy is what works. Call it the small victo-ries approach. In time you will discover that all failing really does teach you something you needed to know- so you can regroup and stretch again, with ever more...nerve.

An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.

In the future, those who are not coaches will not be promoted.