The brand is just a lagging indicator of a company's culture.
Inspire other communities and cities to reinvent themselves.
Success is getting to a point where you'd be truly OK with losing everything you have and starting over.
Open, honest communication is the best foundation for any relationship, but remember that at the end of the day it's not what you say or what you do, but how you make people feel that matters the most.
Things are never as bad or as good as they seem.
Most companies are very quick to hire and slow to fire, when really it should be the other way around.