Once you have power, you are inevitably surrounded by people who have their own agendas and will tell you whatever advances them.

In business, staying focused requires that you turn most opportunities down.

We have to see conflict as thinking and then get really good at it.

[For constructive conflict,] we have to resist the neurobiological drive which means that we really prefer people mostly like ourselves.

What do you want your business to do? Make money, of course. To pay for people and supplies, to be able to grow.

When we confront facts and fears, we achieve real power and unleash our capacity for change.

When we care about people, we care less about money, and when we care about money, we care less about people.