If Your Company Disappeared, Would It Leave

Greatness Is Not A Function Of Circumstance. Greatness, It Turns Out, Is Largely A Matter Of Conscious Choice, And Discipline.

Those Who Build Great Companies Understand That The Ultimate Throttle On Growth For Any Great Company Is Not Markets, Or Technology, Or Competition, Or Products. It Is One Thing Above All Others: The Ability To Get And Keep Enough Of The Right People.

The Main Point Is First Get The Right People On The Bus (and Wrong People Off The Bus) Before You Figure Out Where To Drive It. The Second Key Point Is The Degree Of Sheer Rigor In People Decisions In Order To Take A Company From Good To Great.

Leaders Who Led Their Organizations Quietly And Humbly, Were Much More Effective Than Flashy, Charismatic High Profile Leaders.

Comparison, A Great Teacher Once Told Me, Is The Cardinal Sin Of Modern Life. It Traps Us In A Game That We Can't Win. Once We Define Ourselves In Terms Of Others, We Lose The Freedom To Shape Our Own Lives.