People always overestimate how complex business is. This isn't rocket science. We've chosen one of the world's simplest professions.

Getting candor right - with your reports, your peers, and your boss - is a skill that can make or break your career.

Hierarchy is an organization with its face toward the CEO and its ass toward the customer.

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

Make winners out of every business in your company. Don't carry losers.

Lack of candor blocks smart ideas, fast action, and good people contributing all the stuff they've got. It's a killer.

If work is just going in every day and getting a check, it's an ugly life. When you can make work a meaningful purpose, you've hit the jackpot for people.