No business can do everything. Even if it has the money, it will never have enough good people. It has to set priorities. The worst thing to do is a little bit of everything. This makes sure that nothing is being accomplished. It is better to pick the wrong priority than none at all.

Do the right things instead of trying to do everything right.

Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves - their strengths, their values, and how they best perform.

Knowledge is power, which is why people who had it in the past often tried to make a secret of it. In post-capitalism, power comes from transmitting information to make it productive, not from hiding it.

If there is any one secret of effectiveness, it is concentration. Effective executives do first things first and they do one thing at a time.

An organization which just perpetuates today's level of vision, excellence, and accomplishment has lost the capacity to adapt.

With Christianity, freedom and equality became the two basic concepts of Europe; they are themselves Europe.