Here I am, fifty-eight, and I still don't know what I'm going to be when I grow up.

As a manager you're paid to be uncomfortable. If you're comfortable, it's a sure sign you're doing things wrong.

Profit is not the explanation, cause, or rationale of business behavior and business decisions, but the test of their validity.

It’s up to you to carve out your place, to know when to change course, and to keep yourself engaged and productive during a work life that may span some 50 years.

The most critical case in a corporation, especially a big one, is when everything goes well, when you have accomplished your objectives. When the temptation is to work twice as hard instead of saying, "We have accomplished our objectives, we have to think again."

A superior who works on his own development sets an almost irresistible example.

Strong people have strong weaknesses.