While in Kolkata, India, for this book, I stayed at the iconic Oberoi Grand. The concierge explained to me the hotel’s hiring philosophy: You can’t bend mature bamboo. But if you get it as a young sho...
Which would have advanced the most at the end of a month, he posited, the boy who had made his own jackknife from the ore which he had dug and smelted, reading as much as would be necessary for this—o...
Whether it’s a morning routine, or a philosophy or training tip, or just motivation to get through your day, there isn’t a person on this planet who doesn’t benefit from a little outside help.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it’s time to pause and reflect. —Mark Twain.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it’s time to pause and reflect. —Mark Twain. This
When you’re the first in a new category, promote the category. In essence, you have no competition. DEC told its prospects why they ought to buy a minicomputer, not a DEC minicomputer. In
When you raise your kids, you’re the bow, they’re the arrow, and you just try to aim them in the best direction that you can, and hopefully your aim isn’t too off.
When you feel you can’t go on, know that you’re just getting started.
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. –Lao Tzu
What you choose to work on, and who you choose to work with, are far more important than how hard you work.
What would this look like if it were easy?
What problem do you face every day that nobody has solved yet? or What is a great company no one has started? I will
What policy was I following that produced this bad outcome, and do I still expect that policy to give the best results overall, occasional bad outcomes notwithstanding?
What is the worst advice you see or hear given in your trade or area of expertise? ‘ Follow your dreams.’ It’s impossible to do without self-knowledge, which takes years. You discover your ‘dream’ (or...
What is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift, and why? Or what are one to three books that have greatly influenced your life? When I give a book, I always try to find something that I loved...
What is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift, and why? Or what are one to three books that have greatly influenced your life? What purchase of $100 or less has most positively impacted your...
What is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift, and why? Or what are one to three books that have greatly influenced your life? The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership by Jim Dethmer and D...
What is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift, and why? Or what are one to three books that have greatly influenced your life? Books that influenced me the most: The Transformed Cell by Stev...
What is one of the best or most worthwhile investments you’ve ever made? Investing in Cobra back in the early ’90s. My $ 1.8 million investment earned me $ 40 million after the company was bought by A...
What gets measured gets managed. –Peter Drucker