Leaders are people who believe so passionately that they can seduce other people into sharing their dream.

What job is worth the enormous psychic cost of following a leader who values loyalty in the narrowest sense.

That's important to remember: it's not just a collection of great individuals but a group of people who enjoy playing in the sandbox, thoroughly enjoying collaborative problem solving.

Perhaps the central task of the leader of leaders thus becomes the development of other leaders.

Great leaders love talent and know where to find it. They surround themselves with talented people who can work effectively together.

People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.

People vary enormously in how they learn. Some learn through their eyes - by reading but also by responding to all kinds of visual information. Others learn mostly through their ears or touch or other senses.