When you get right down to it, one of the most important tasks of a leader is to eliminate his people's excuse for failure.

Don't hire a master to paint you a masterpiece and then assign a roomful of schoolboy artists to look over his shoulder and make suggestions.

The artist must conceive with warmth yet execute with coolness.

Consultants are people who borrow your watch and tell you what time it is, and then walk off with the watch.

A leader is not an administrator who loves to run others, but someone who carries water for his people so that they can get on with their jobs.

Make every decision as if you owned the company.

Managers must have the discipline not to keep pulling up the flowers to see if their roots are healthy.