When we pick up one end of the stick, we pick up the other.

You can retire from a job, but don't ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life.

It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it and appropriately act on it.

Above all, success in business requires two things: a winning competitive strategy, and superb organizational execution. Distrust is the enemy of both. I submit that while high trust won't necessarily rescue a poor strategy, low trust will almost always derail a good one.

Reactive people... are often affected by their physical environment. They find external sources to blame for their behavior.

Role modeling is the most basic responsibility of parents. Parents are handing life's scripts to their children, scripts that in all likelihood will be acted out for the rest of the children's lives.

I keep my phone number unlisted and rely on my associates to handle all voice mail, e-mail, faxes.