A major reason capable people fail to advance is that they don't work well with their colleagues.

As you go through life, there are thousands of little forks in the road, and there are a few really big forks-those moments of reckoning, moments of truth.

If you make believe that ten guys in pin-striped suits are back in a kindergarten class playing with building blocks, you'll get a rough picture of what life in a corporation is like.

It's a good thing god doesn't let you look a year or two into the future, or you might be sorely tempted to shoot yourself.

You've got to say, "I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it." It's called perseverance.

Formal learning can teach you a great deal, but many of the essential skills in life are the ones you have to develop on your own.

I'd really love to meet the guy I'm supposed to be. I'd hire him in a second.