The mental game of business is understanding this Paradox: the better you think you are doing, the greater should be your cause for concern: the more self-satisfied you are with your accomplishments, your past achievements, your 'right moves', the less you should be.

Commit yourself to quality from day one ... it's better to do nothing at all than to do something badly.

People don't plan to fail. They fail to plan.

Concentrate on each task, whether trivial or crucial, as if it's the only thing that matters.

If Thomas Edison had gone to business school, we would all be reading by larger candles.

The mental game of business is understanding this Paradox: the better you think you are doing, the greater should be your cause for concern: the more self-satisfied you are with your accomplishments, your past achievements, your 'right moves', the less you should be.

I am convinced that most companies don't maximize their barter possibilities. Instead of aggressively reducing costs by trading their services with those of their suppliers, they seem content to pay top dollar for everything.