If we inspire people, they will give us more than we asked for. If we manipulate them, they will give us exactly what we paid for

I couldn't understand why my productivity went down when I had deliberately made more time available to write. Then I realized it was because I wasn't flying as much.

I never imagined working with CEOs, congressmen or the military, yet I make regular visits to the Pentagon, stop by the Capitol now and then and sit down with leaders of all kinds of companies.

What good is it to have a belly if there's no fire in it? Wake up, drink your passion, light a match and get to work.

If you care, do something. If you don't care, please stay out of the way of those who do.

Stories are attempts to share our values and beliefs. Storytelling is worthwhile when it tells what we stand for.

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