It’s amazing how many things busy people are doing that never will be missed.

A person can perform only from strength. One cannot build performance on weakness, let alone on something one cannot do at all.

Strategy is a commodity, execution is an art.

Business has only two functions — marketing and innovation.

The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence – it is to act with yesterday’s logic.

Do not believe that it is very much of an advance to do the unnecessary three times as fast.

The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The true dangerous thing is asking the wrong question.

Entrepreneurship is “risky” mainly because so few of the so-called entrepreneurs know what they are doing.

Managers are action-focused; they are not philosophers and should not be.

The only skill that will be important in the 21st century is the skill of learning new skills.Everything else will become obsolete over time.

To make the future demands courage. It demands work. But it also demands faith.

If you have more than five goals, you have none.

The critical question is not “How can I achieve?” but “What can I contribute?"

Every time you do something that is important, write down what you expect will happen.

As a manager you’re paid to be uncomfortable. If you’re comfortable, it’s a sure sign you’re doing things wrong.

To make a living is no longer enough. Work also has to make a life.

There is the risk you cannot afford to take, and there is the risk you cannot afford not to take.

Adequacy is the enemy of excellence.

There are just two questions to ask to attain success in business: First, “What business am I in?” Second, “How’s business?”