Discipline Should Amplify Creativity Rather Than Stifle

If I Were Running A Company Today, I Would Have One Priority Above All Others: To Acquire As Many Of The Best People As I Could. I'd Put Off Everything Else To Fill My Bus. Because Things Are Going To Come Back. My Flywheel Is Going To Start To Turn. And The Single Biggest Constraint On The Success Of My Organization Is The Ability To Get And To Hang On To Enough Of The Right People.

Good Is The Enemy Of Great.. The Vast Majority Of Good Companies Remain Just That - Good, But Not Great.

Mediocrity Results First And Foremost From Management Failure, Not Technological Failure.

The Most Effective Leaders Of Companies In Transition Are The Quiet, Unassuming People Whose Inner Wiring Is Such That The Worst Circumstances Bring Out Their Best. They're Unflappable, They're Ready To Die If They Have To. But You Can Trust That, When Bad Things Are Happening, They Will Become Clearheaded And Focused.

In The End, It Is Impossible To Have A Great Life Unless It Is A Meaningful Life. And It Is Very Difficult To Have A Meaningful Life Without Meaningful Work. Perhaps, Then You Might Gain That Great Tranquility That Comes From Knowing That You've Had A Hand In Creating Something Of Intrinsic Excellence That Makes A Contribution. Indeed, You Might Even Gain That Deepest Of All Satisfactions: Knowing That Your Short Time On This Earth Has Been Well Spent, And That It Mattered.