Great leaders must have two things: a vision of the world that does not yet exist and the ability to communicate that vision clearly.

What I thought I developed all of those years ago was a pattern to understand communication.

I'm interested in the left side of the Bell Curve.

A leader should not take credit when things go right if they are not willing to accept responsibility when things go wrong.

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

Wal-Mart's size and scale is so vast they literally have the ability to change the face of the entire country. If Wal-Mart were to make a decision tomorrow to refuse to sell a single product made with partially hydrogenated oils, for example, we'd probably see rates from heart disease decline a few years later. That's how powerful Wal-Mart is.

A leader's job is not just to get the best out of their people-a leader's job is to make more leaders.