It is more important to know who you are than where you are going, for where you are going will change as the world around you changes.

Start a 'Stop Doing' list. I'll leave it as an existential dilemma on whether to put that task on your To Do list

The main point is first get the right people on the bus (and wrong people off the bus) before you figure out where to drive it. The second key point is the degree of sheer rigor in people decisions in order to take a company from Good to Great.

Good is the enemy of great.. The vast majority of good companies remain just that - good, but not great.

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.

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

"Growth!" is not a Hedgehog Concept. Rather, if you have the right Hedgehog Concept and make decisions relentlessly consistent with it, you will create such momentum that your main problem will not be how to grow, but how not to grow too fast.