How can we do better tomorrow than we did today?

Discipline should amplify creativity rather than stifle it.

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

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.

A visionary company doesn't simply balance between idealism and profitability: it seeks to be highly idealistic and highly profitable. A visionary company doesn't simply balance between preserving a tightly held core ideology and stimulating vigorous change and movement; it does both to an extreme.

The difference between a good leader and a great leader is humility.

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?