In a world of constant change, the fundamentals are more important than ever.

How can we do better tomorrow than we did today?

Don't be interesting - be interested.

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

For no matter what we achieve, if we don't spend the vast majority of our time with people we love and respect, we cannot possibly have a great life. But if we spend the vast majority of our time with people we love and respect - people we really enjoy being on the bus with and who will never disappoint us - then we will almost certainly have a great life, no matter where the bus goes. The people we interviewed from the good-to-great companies clearly loved what they did, largely because they loved who they did it with.

How can you succeed by helping others succeed? We succeed at our very best only when we help others succeed.

Recruit entrepreneurial leaders and give them freedom to determine the best path to achieving their objectives. On the other hand, individuals must commit fully to the system you use and be held rigorously accountable for their objectives. You give them freedom, but freedom within a framework.