In nearly every case, trying to lead everyone results in leading no one in particular.

Dig your well before you're thirsty.

Basically you create your experience through your beliefs about yourself and the nature of reality. Another way to understand this is to realize that you create your experiences through your expectations.

The way to work with a bully is to take the ball and go home. First time, every time. When there's no ball, there's no game. Bullies hate that. So they'll either behave so they can play with you or they'll go bully someone else.

It's far easier to put your future into someone else's hands than it is to slog your way forward, owning the results as you go.

Laptop computers dramatically increased the time people spend doing work. (The internet dramatically decreased it, so we're even).

The competitive advantages the marketplace demands is someone more human, connected, and mature. Someone with passion and energy, capable of seeing things as they are and negotiating multiple priorities as she makes useful decisions without angst. Flexible in the face of change, resilient in the face of confusion. All of these attributes are choices, not talents, and all of them are available to you.