I don't believe in holy writ. Buy fifty books or twenty-five books, take three weeks off, read them and make up your own theory. The fact that you end up literally burning twenty-two out of twenty-five books is beside the point.

The drive for control, or the perception thereof, is truly the strongest force in human nature.

Reward excellent failures. Punish mediocre successes.

I used to be skeptical when educators and technologists predicted that we may be entering a new era of oral culture, in which audible information will be at least as important as visible information. Now that I have adopted into my own daily life a device that makes music and spoken-word files easy to access from anywhere, I have tempered my skepticism.

The difference between great and average is, mostly, having the imagination and zeal to re-create yourself daily.

I'm about as far from being a flag-waver - you won't find any American flag pins in my drawer - as someone can be.

WORK ON YOUR STORY! He/she who has the best story wins! In life! In business! The White House!