It’s okay. Let your ego push you to be the initiator. But tell your ego that the best way to get something shipped is to let other people take the credit. The real win for you (and your ego) is seeing something get shipped, not in getting the credit when it does.

You can use social media to turn strangers into friends, friends into customers and customers into salespeople.

Finding new ways, more clever ways to interrupt people doesn't work.

Your history of work is as important as the work you'll do tomorrow.

When we intentionally seek out the difficult tasks, we're much more likely to actually create value.

The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow.

It's not about you, it's about the next person. The single best use of a business book is to help someone else. Sharing what you read, handing the book to a person who needs it... pushing those around you to get in sync and to take action-that's the main reason it's a book, not a video or a seminar. A book is a souvenir and a container and a motivator and an easily leveraged tool. Hoarding books makes them worth less, not more.