Never ask who's right. Start out by asking what is right. And you find that out by listening to dissenting, disagreeing opinions.

When the business grows, the person who founded it is incredibly busy. Rapid growth puts an enormous strain on a business. You outgrow your production facilities. You outgrow your management capabilities.

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

To succeed in this new world, we will have to learn, first, who we are. Few people, even highly successful people, can answer the questions, Do you know what you're good at? Do you know what you need to learn so that you get the full benefit of your strengths? Few have even asked themselves these questions.

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

Meetings are by definition a concession to deficient organization. For one either meets or one works.

Do first things first, and second things not at all.