I saw things before they happened, and that scared me very much. The premonitions would always be accompanied by harsh and painful physical sensations.
Why do I need succession planning? I'm very alert, I'm very vibrant. I have no intention to retire.
Stop setting goals. Goals are pure fantasy unless you have a specific plan to achieve them.
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.
There's strong data that, within companies, the No. 1 reason for ethical violations is the pressure to meet expectations, sometimes unrealistic expectations.
Clearly as you move to being a public company, probably even more than growth, there is a huge value based on predictability.
If you act like you've only got fifteen minutes, it will take all day. Act like you've got all day, it will take fifteen minutes.
A squirrel dying in front of your house may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa.
I think that people just have this core desire to express who they are. And I think that's always existed.
Teens look at cause-related efforts with some scrutiny. They know they are often a target market, but it has to make sense to them.
I'm proposing a change: love thy worker-bee. Celebrate the ones who toil without complaint, play on a team, construct the hive, produce the honey... executing the plan!
The only things that are really permanent are love, family, friendship, and that is a lesson. At the end of the day, that's really what it boils down to. The rest of it is just stuff.
If I had learned more about business ahead of time, I would have been shaped into believing that it was only about finances and quality management.
All through history, there have always been movements where business was not just about the accumulation of proceeds but also for the public good.
The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.
Of my mental cycles, I devote maybe ten percent to business thinking. Business isn't that complicated. I wouldn't want to put it on my business card.
Lots of small business men have been contacting me to say they wish they had the nerve to say what I said.
I've never been one who enjoys maintaining the status quo. I'm always pushing for new ideas, whether it's in business or philanthropy.
Whatever business you're in - it doesn't matter - it's going to commoditize over time. It's going to devalue. You've got to keep moving it to a higher value.
I have almost no interest in quarterly reports. Running a business or investing in a business based on quarterly earnings doesn't make any sense at all to me.
Growing up, around the dinner table my father and I didn't talk sports. We talked business.
