"Freedom, individualism, authenticity and being yourself so long as you don't hurt another's physical person or property: Sustained success comes only when you take what's unique about you and figure out how to make it useful!"

Clarity is the answer to anxiety. Effective leaders are clear.

The time you spend with your best (employees) is, quite simply, your most productive time.

A strength is what you do that makes you feel strengthened.

There's something unique and different that makes a leader, and it's not about creativity or courage or integrity.... A leader's job is to rally people toward a better future.

If you want execution, hail only success. If you want creativity, hail risk, and remain neutral about success.

Define excellence vividly, quantitatively. Paint a picture for your most talented employees of what excellence looks like. Keep everyone pushing and pushing toward the right-hand edge of the bell curve.