You cannot build performance on weaknesses. You can build only on strengths.

People are effective because they say 'no,' because they say, 'this isn't for me.'

Listening (the first competence of leadership) is not a skill, it is a discipline. All you have to do is keep your mouth shut.

We live in an age of unprecedented opportunity: If you’ve got ambition and smarts, you can rise to the top of your chosen profession, regardless of where you started out.

The really important things are said over cocktails and are never done.

Work is an extension of personality. It is achievement. It is one of the ways in which a person defines himself, measures his worth, and his humanity.

Look upon every obstacle as part payment towards your success.