Pilots have their names painted just beneath the canopy of their aircraft. This gives the pilot a sense of ownership for his or her jet. What's more, like cars, each aircraft has its own personality, so it's important for a pilot to get to know and love his aircraft.

Leaders are the ones who have the courage to go first, to put themselves at personal risk to open a path for others to follow.

TiVo and other digital recording devices have confounded advertisers. The ad industry sees the technology as a threat to their product.

The confident ask questions to learn what will connect. The insecure just keep talking with the hope something will stick.

The future is only scary if we try to avoid it.

If we don't give things a try, nothing will get off the ground.

Pursue the thing inside us and others will help us. Pursue the things outside us and others will compete with us.