There is giant untapped potential in disagreement, especially if the disagreement is between two or more thoughtful people

Pull in your belt, spend less, and reduce debt.

Look at what caused people to make a lot of money and you will see that usually it is in proportion to their production of what the society wanted.

You should have a strategic asset allocation mix that assumes that you don't know what the future is going to hold.

I think if you look at the statistics and you deal with fake media - and fake media and distorted media is a continuum - the vast majority of the population says, "I don't know what to believe." There are no checks and balances in quality control.

Know what your people are like, and make sure they do their jobs excellently.

Competitiveness is really what it costs you per man-hour to get you what you want. In other words, there's an education level that plays into the mix and so if it's inexpensive to buy an hour of real good education in places like China versus the U.S., that factors in.