Adequacy is the enemy of excellence.
The successful person places more attention on doing the right thing rather than doing things right.
The individual is the central, rarest, most precious capital resource of our society.
An executive should be a realist; and no one is less realistic than the cynic.
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?'
The final test of greatness in a CEO is how well he chooses a successor and whether he can step aside and let the successor run the company.