Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer.

The best remote companies I've seen do almost everything online, via email and telephone. But they also get together face to face on a regular basis.

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

Everyone I know feels harassed by email which has invaded their waking and sleeping hours.

Companies don't have ideas. Only people do. And what motivates people are the bonds of loyalty and trust they develop around each other.

We know - intellectually - that confronting an issue is the only way to resolve it. But any resolution will disrupt the status quo. Given the choice between conflict and change on the one hand, and inertia on the other, the ostrich position can seem very attractive.

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