People are not your most important asset....the right people are.

The main point is first get the right people on the bus (and wrong people off the bus) before you figure out where to drive it. The second key point is the degree of sheer rigor in people decisions in order to take a company from Good to Great.

It occurs to me,Jim,that you spend too much time trying to be interesting. Why don't you invest more time being interested?" Collin's advice from John Gardner that he took to heart.

If you have more than three priorities then you don't have any.

Resilency, not perfection, is the signature of greatness.

Creative leadership impact increases in your 50's. When I turn 50 I want to say, "Nice start!"

For, in the end, it is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work.