Perhaps your quest to be part of building something great will not fall in your business life. But find it somewhere. If not in corporate life, then perhaps in making your church great. If not there, then perhaps a nonprofit, or a community organization, or a class you teach. Get involved in something that you care so much about that you want to make it the greatest it can possibly be, not because of what you will get, but just because it can be done.

Get keep right people.

The only way to deliver to the people who are achieving is to not burden them with the people who are not achieving.

Those who build and perpetuate mediocrity...are motivated more by the fear of being left behind.

Resilency, not perfection, is the signature of greatness.

Bad decisions made with good intentions, are still bad decisions.

You can't manufacture passion or "motivate" people to feel passionate. You can only discover what ignites your passion and the passions of those around you.