Watch the product life cycle; but more important, watch the market life cycle.

Every company that manufactures something is causing some damage either to the soil or water or air. Most companies treat these as externalities. But the growing movement of sustainability calls for companies to internalize these costs. Once companies do this, they will have a strong incentive to reduce their carbon footprint.

Every company should work hard to obsolete its own product line - before its competitors do.

Curiosity is the starting point for great science.

It is more important to do what is strategically right than what is immediately profitable.

Every business is a service business. Does your service put a smile on the customer's face?

Most of the productivity gains appear to go to the top 1 percent. Most people don't have enough income and as a result, they borrow additional money by using their credit card and they fall into high debt. The result of the growing income gap is a slower growing GDP (too few people with money to spend) and a rising tide of indebtedness.