My childhood, I would say, was a bit sad.
Define excellence vividly, quantitatively. Paint a picture for your most talented employees of what excellence looks like. Keep everyone pushing and pushing toward the right-hand edge of the bell curve.
Authenticity is your most precious commodity as a leader.
CEOs hate variance. It's the enemy. Variance in customer service is bad. Variance in quality is bad. CEOs love processes that are standardized, routinized, predictable. Stamping out variance makes a complex job a bit less complex.
Always work hard. Intensity clarifies. It creates not only momentum, but also the pressure you need to feel either friction, or fulfillment.
Everyone can probably do at least one thing better than ten thousand other people.
We live with them every day, and they come so easily to us that they cease to be precious.
I think white is the most wonderful color of all, because within it one can find every color of the rainbow.
But take comfort in that I die at peace with the world and myself - not afraid.
Time heals everything. Sometimes you have to go through that pain and heartbreak so that you can get to the other side and come out on top.
Take dem shoes off your teeth and stop running your mouth.