If something fails despite being carefully planned, carefully designed, and conscientiously executed, that failure often bespeaks underlying change and, with it, opportunity.

One does not start with facts. One starts with opinions.

Nobody in the world is as good at making decisions as the Japanese.

An effective executive builds on strengths - their own strengths, the strengths of superiors, colleagues, subordinates, and on the strength of the situation.

Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.

The critical question is not "How can I achieve?" but "What can I contribute?"

There are two types of people in the business community: those who produce results and those who give you reasons why they didn't.