The challenge is not just to build a company that can endure; but to build one that is worthy of enduring.

The secret to a successful retirement is to find your retirement sweet spot. The sweet spot is where your passions, what you do best, and what people will pay you to do overlap.

If your company disappeared, would it leave a gaping hole that could not easily be filled by any other enterprise on the planet?

A great company will have many once-in-a-liftetime opportunities.

Whether you prevail or fail depends more on what you do to yourself than on what the world does to you.

I am not failing - I am growing! Do you have the ability to reframe failure as growth in order to achieve your goals?

The moment you feel the need to tightly manage someone, you've made a hiring mistake. The best people don't need to be managed. Guided, taught, led-yes. But not tightly managed.