Genuine confidence is what launches you out of bed in the morning, and through your day with a spring in your step.

Don't be interesting - be interested.

A company should limit its growth based on its ability to attract enough of the right people.

Get the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats...

Smart people instinctively understand the dangers of entrusting our future to self-serving leaders who use our institutions, whether in the corporate or social sectors, to advance their own interests.

The most effective leaders of companies in transition are the quiet, unassuming people whose inner wiring is such that the worst circumstances bring out their best. They're unflappable, they're ready to die if they have to. But you can trust that, when bad things are happening, they will become clearheaded and focused.

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.