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

That good is the enemy of great is not just a business problem. It is a human problem.

Managing your problems can only make you good, whereas building your opportunities is the only way to become great.

Building a visionary company requires one percent vision and 99 percent alignment.

Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great. We don't have great schools, principally because we have good schools. We don't have great government, principally because we have good government. Few people attain great lives, in large part because it is just so easy to settle for a good life.

Look, I don't really know where we should take this bus. But I know this much: If we get the right people on the bus, the right people in the right seats, and the wrong people off the bus, then we'll figure out how to take it someplace great.

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.