A self-reinforcing upward spiral: performance stimulating pride stimulating performance.

Power is the ability to get things done

To stay ahead, you must have your next idea waiting in the wings.

Lack of opportunity breeds dreams of escape. But professionals and managers who have invested in their careers do not leave the work force as frequently as discouraged workers in lower status occupations. Instead, they keep working, but they escape emotionally by defining achievement in professional, not company, terms. ... Thus, the potential for being stuck as career uncertainty grows takes its toll in weakening attachment to any particular employer.

Passion for a goal doesn't guarantee success, but without it, you can't even begin.

To take full advantage of the potential in e-business, leaders must lead differently, and people must work together differently. Let's call this new way of working e-culture-the human side of the global information era, the heart and soul of the new economy.

Power is America's last dirty word. It is easier to talk about money - and much easier to talk about sex - than it is to talk about power.