Try never to be the smartest person in the room. And if you are, I suggest you invite smarter people... or find a different room.

The point is, you can't keep doing the same thing and expect it to keep working.

Whether you've found your calling, or if you're still searching, passion should be the fire that drives your life's work.

You don't have to be a genius or a visionary or even a college graduate to be successful. You just need a framework and a dream.

Recognize that there will be failures, and acknowledge that there will be obstacles. But you will learn from your mistakes and the mistakes of others, for there is very little learning in success.

It's through curiosity and looking at opportunities in new ways that we've always mapped our path at Dell. There's always an opportunity to make a difference.

I believe that you have to understand the economics of a business before you have a strategy, and you have to understand your strategy before you have a structure. If you get these in the wrong order, you will probably fail.