A culture of discipline is not a principle of business, it is a principle of greatness..

Those who build and perpetuate mediocrity...are motivated more by the fear of being left behind..

Managing your problems can only make you good, whereas building your opportunities is the only way to become great..

In an ironic twist, I now see Good to Great not as a sequel to Built to Last, but more of a prequel. Good to Great is about how to turn a good organi….

Consider the idea that charisma can be as much a liability as an asset. Your strength of personality can sow the seeds of problems, when people filte….

Not every financial company toppled during the 2008 crisis, and some seized the opportunity to take advantage of weaker competitors in the midst of t….

There is a sense of exhilaration that comes from facing head-on the hard truths and saying, "We will never give up. We will never capitulate. It migh….

Discipline should amplify creativity rather than stifle it..

People need BHAGs - big hairy audacious goals..

I can just let my curiosity wander unleashed..

No matter what. Wherever your mind wanders, it seems to turn up at the same Field of Dreams. It's the vision you wake up with in the morning, and it'….

Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great. We don't have great schools, principally bec….

True leadership has people who follow when they have the freedom not to..

We are not imprisoned by circumstances, setbacks, mistakes or staggering defeats, we are freed by our choices..

The essence of profound insight is simplicity..

Profit is like oxygen, food, water, and blood for the body; they are not the point of life, but without them, there is no life..

Companies that change best over time know first and foremost what should not change..

We must reject the idea... Well-intentioned, but dead wrong... That the primary path to greatness in the social sectors is to become "more like a bus….

It's more important than ever to define yourself in terms of what you stand for rather than what you make, because what you make is going to become o….

Perhaps your quest to be part of building something great will not fall in your business life. But find it somewhere. If not in corporate life, then ….

Level 5 leaders channel their ego needs away from themselves and into the larger goal of building a great company. It's not that Level 5 leaders have….