Everyone can probably do at least one thing better than ten thousand other people.

What do we know to be important but are unable to measure?

You should know that what wakes me up at night, what gets me running fast in the morning, and, frankly, what prompts me to lose any semblance of my habitual reserve is the conviction that work doesn't have to be this grim. We can do better.

You cannot learn very much about excellence from studying failure.

We live with them every day, and they come so easily to us that they cease to be precious.

Leaders are fascinated by future. You are a leader if and only if, you are restless for change, impatient for progress and deeply dissatisfied with status quo. Because in your head, you can see a better future. The friction between 'what is' and 'what could be' burns you, stirs you up, propels you. This is leadership.

The corporate world is appallingly bad at capitalizing on the strengths of its people.