Most Americans do not know what their strengths are. When you ask them, they look at you with a blank stare, or they respond in terms of subject knowledge, which is the wrong answer.

Only three things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion, and underperformance. Everything else requires leadership.

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

Too many leaders try to do a little bit of 25 things and get nothing done. They are very popular because they always say yes. But they get nothing done.

The better a man is the more mistakes will he make – for the more new things he will try.

Elephants have a hard time adapting. Cockroaches outlive everything.

The purpose of information is not knowledge. It is being able to take the right action.