Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.

It is more important to know who you are than where you are going, for where you are going will change as the world around you changes.

The essence of profound insight is simplicity.

Not all time in life is equal. How many opportunities do you get to talk about what your life is going to add up to with people thinking about the same question?

It may seem odd to talk about something as soft and fuzzy as "passion" as an integral part of a strategic framework. But throughout the good-to-great companies, passion became a key part of the Hedgehog Concept.

If I'm going really, really fast, I can do a page of finished text a day, on average.

Change your practices without abandoning your core values.