Your legacy should be that you made it better than it was when you got it.

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.

Incompetency begets incompetency. The last thing a guy who isn't sure of himself wants is a guy backing him up who is sure of himself.

There are times when even the best manager is like the little boy with the big dog, waiting to see where the dog wants to go so he can take him there.

From what I've seen, you either get grounded in that kind of positive thinking early on in life or you don't. Establishing priorities and using your time well aren't things you can pick up at the Harvard Business School. 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.

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.