Cheap is the last refuge of a product developer or marketer who is out of great ideas.
Many people believe that great designers get great clients. It's the other way around.
Not changing your strategy merely because you're used to the one you have now is a lousy strategy.
Leaders who set out to give are more productive than leaders who seek to get.
All motivation is self-motivation. Your family, your boss, or your co-workers can try to get your engine going, but until you decide what to accomplish, nothing will happen.
Some people read business books looking for confirmation. I read them in search of disquiet. Confirmation is cheap, easy and ineffective. Restlessness and the scientific method, on the other hand, create a culture of testing and inquiry that can't help but push you forward.