The only way to deliver to the people who are achieving is to not burden them with the people who are not achieving.

Consider the idea that charisma can be as much a liability as an asset. Your strength of personality can sow the seeds of problems, when people filter the brutal facts from you.

Good is the enemy of great.

Good-to-great companies set their goals and strategies based on understanding; comparison companies set their goals and strategies based on bravado.

If we allow the celebrity rock-star model of leadership to triumph, we will see the decline of corporations and institutions of all types. The twentieth century was a century of greatness, but we face the very real prospect that the next century will see very few enduring great institutions.

I can just let my curiosity wander unleashed.

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