Go where your customers take you! For example, did you know that Sony's first product was a rice cooker? Since abandoning the rice cooker, it has merely managed to become the world's biggest consumer electronics company.

When you experience a failure as a leader, don't hide it - talk about it. Your missed opportunity will encourage others to take risks.

There are as many ways to help another human being as there are people in need of help. For some, the urgent need is as basic as food and water. For others, it is an opportunity to develop a talent, realize an idea, and reach one's full potential.

Think so big, so audacious that people will think you are crazy.

Sometimes a faint voice based on instinct resonates far more strongly than overpowering logic.

Each one of us has the power to be the change we want to see in the world, making the world a better place.

Because I was poor I had one special advantage. When you are poor, and basic survival is your concern, you have no alternative but to be an entrepreneur. You must take action to survive just as you must take action to seize an opportunity.