In business, staying focused requires that you turn most opportunities down..

All businesses and jobs depend on a vast number of people, often unnoticed and unthanked, without which nothing really gets done. They are all human ….

The truth won't set us free until we develop the skills and the habit and the talent and the moral courage to use it..

As a mother, I work hard every day and I expect that work to be recognized and appreciated. Because I work for and with human beings, sometimes they'….

Those in powerless positions aren't about to complain about bullying bosses, abusive supervisors or corrupt co-workers. There is no safe way to do so….

I'm all for ambition and stretch goals. I set them for myself. But leadership isn't the same as cheerleading. Believing in something is a necessar….

I regularly take my entrepreneurship students out walking because I want to get them in the habit of noticing and thinking about what they notice. Th….

What do you want your business to do? Make money, of course. To pay for people and supplies, to be able to grow..

Companies don't have ideas. Only people do. And what motivates people are the bonds of loyalty and trust they develop around each other..

Any fool can buy talent; only real leaders develop it..

Everyone I know feels harassed by email which has invaded their waking and sleeping hours..

money appears to motivate only our interest in ourselves, making us selfish and self-centered...Money makes people feel self-sufficient, which also m….

Silence is the language of inertia..

The cell phone has become the adult's transitional object, replacing the toddler's teddy bear for comfort and a sense of belonging..

Building businesses takes tremendous stamina, and success isn't achieved without it..

Phones and soundtracks and Muzak and fountains replace genuine and unpredictable human contact with a seamless soundtrack from a bad movie and a clic….

A fantastic model of collaboration: thinking partners who aren't echo chambers..

As long as they are well-intentioned, mistakes are not a matter for shame but for learning.

Words are how people think. When you misuse words, you diminish your ability to think clearly and truthfully..

Business is not a science; it is not susceptible to experiments that can be controlled and replicated. Everything in business is too unpredictable fo….

Certainty is no guarantor of correctness..