You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren’t busy denying them.

If you want to be trusted, be trustworthy.

Before you wonder "Am I doing things right?" wonder "Am I doing the right things?"

Unfortunately, too many executives believe the myths about trust. Myths like how trust is soft and is merely a social virtue. The reality is that trust is hard-edged and is an economic driver.

The bottom line is, when people are crystal clear about the most important priorities of the organization and team they work with and prioritized their work around those top priorities, not only are they many times more productive, they discover they have the time they need to have a whole life.

The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person.

We often get so busy "sawing" (producing results) that we forget to "sharpen our saw" (maintain or increase our capacity to produce results in the future).