You need a place where you can explain yourself. You can write as much or as little as you would like, but the words will be all yours. You can create the context. You can make sure that all issues are addressed. You can take issue with individuals or the media as a whole. Your words, your message.

You never quite know in business if what you are doing is the right or the wrong thing. Unfortunately, by the time you know the answer, someone has beaten you to it and you are out of business.

It doesn't matter how many times you fail. You only have to be right once and then everyone can tell you that you are an overnight success.

Make sure you are the boss. I don't think I would encourage executives that work for me to blog. There can be only 1 public vision for an organization.

Always wake up with a smile knowing that today you are going to have fun accomplishing what others are too afraid to do.

Am I crazy to spend [millions] in contracts when I have the chance to get three layers deep into the playoffs?

The Higher Education Industry is very analogous to the Newspaper industry. By the time they realize they need to change the costs to support their legacy infrastructure and costs will keep them from getting there.