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

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.

Managers can waste a lot of time at the outset of a crisis denying that something went wrong. Skip that step.

Simple messages travel faster, simpler designs reach the market faster and the elimination of clutter allows faster decision making.

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.

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.