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.

We are limited but we can push back the borders of our limitations

I try to exercise regularly every day, if I can. It renews you and it gives you more balance in your life. This is a key leverage point.

True effectiveness is a function of two things: what is produced (the golden eggs) and the producing asset (the goose).

To focus on technique is like cramming your way through school. You sometimes get by, perhaps even get good grades, but if you don't pay the price day in and day out, you'll never achieve true mastery of the subjects you study or develop an educated mind.

Effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.

When we succumb to believing that we are victims of our circumstances and yield to the plight of determinism, we lose hope, we lose drive, and we settle into resignation and stagnation.