New ideas need audiences like flowers need bees. No matter how bright and colorful, they will die unless others work to spread them

Disney is one of the best hotel companies in the world. Yet they have never and will never open a casino on the Vegas strip.

Most politicians are not authentic.

Some in management positions operate as if they are in a tree of monkeys. They make sure that everyone at the top of the tree looking down sees only smiles. But all too often, those at the bottom looking up see only asses.

Average companies give their people something to work on. The most innovative organizations give their people something to work toward.

Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress; working hard for somthing we love is called passion.

Leading is not the same as being the leader. Being the leader means you hold the highest rank, either by earning it, good fortune or navigating internal politics. Leading, however, means that others willingly follow you—not because they have to, not because they are paid to, but because they want to.