Successful leaders don't start out asking, 'What do I want to do?' They ask, 'What needs to be done?' Then they ask, 'Of those things that would make a difference, which are right for me?'

When it rains manna from heaven, some people put up an umbrella. Others reach for a big spoon.

The only industries that function well are the industries that take responsibility for training. The Japanese, you know, assume that when you first come to work you know absolutely nothing. School isn't preparation for work and never was.

Leadership is all hype. We've had three great leaders in this century-Hitler, Stalin, and Mao.

There are only two things in a business that make money - innovation and marketing, everything else is cost.

Nobody can predict the future; the idea is to have a firm grasp of the present.

Most of what you hear about entrepreneurshi p is all wrong. It's not magic; it's not mysterious; and it has nothing to do with genes. It's a discipline and, like any discipline, it can be learned.