Most people will look back and realize they did not have a great life because it's just so easy to settle for a good life.

That good is the enemy of great is not just a business problem. It is a human problem.

Don't take care of your career. Take care of your people. They will take care of your career.

Be rigorous about your HR decisions. There is a difference between rigorous and ruthless.

We must reject the idea... Well-intentioned, but dead wrong... That the primary path to greatness in the social sectors is to become "more like a business." Most businesses... Like most of anything else in life... Fall somewhere between mediocre and good.

...the question, Why try for greatness? would seem almost tautological. If you're doing something you care that much about, and you believe in its purpose deeply enough, then it is impossible to imagine not trying to make it great. It's just a given.

A dream is a feeling that sticks - and propels.