You can keep on chewing gum for ten hours, but after about a minute and a half you've got all the good out of it.

You double your intensity with skill.

There is obviously a power and a truth in action that doesn't lie, which words easily can do.

In the not-for-profit world, there can be wastefulness because there's not the desperate urgency of when you're on a clock.

Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft. Without skill, all the passion in the world will leave you eager but floundering. Combining the two is the essence of the creative life.

The great ones never take fundamentals for granted.

Don’t sign on for more problems than you must. Resist the temptation to involve yourself in other people’s zones of expertise and responsibility. Monitor troublesome situations if you need to, but don’t insert yourself unless you’re running out of time and a solution is nowhere in sight. In short, stifle your inner control freak.