Some Managers Are Uncomfotable With Expressing Emotion

First Figure Out Your Partners, Then Figure Out What Ideas To Pursue. The Most Important Thing Isn't The Market You Target, The Product You Develop Or The Financing, But The Founding Team.

Bad Decisions Made With Good Intentions, Are Still Bad Decisions.

The Essence Of Profound Insight Is Simplicity.

The Best Ceos In Our Research Display Tremendous Ambition For Their Company Combined With The Stoic Will To Do Whatever It Takes, No Matter How Brutal (within The Bounds Of The Company's Core Values), To Make The Company Great. Yet At The Same Time They Display A Remarkable Humility About Themselves, Ascribing Much Of Their Own Success To Luck, Discipline And Preparation Rather Than Personal Genius.

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.