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" A five minute call replaces the time it takes to read and reply to the original email and read and reply to their reply... or replies. And I no longer spend 20+ minutes crafting the perfect email - no need to. "

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" I think most people are inherently interested in how their brain works, in what makes them tick. "

" The ad industry thinks their clients are their customers. They think the companies who pay for the production are the ones they are supposed to serve. So the ads they produce make their clients happy... but infuriate the rest of us. "

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" To become an academic expert takes years of studying. Academic experts are experts in how and what others have done. They use case studies and observation to understand a subject. "

" There is a difference between listening and waiting for your turn to speak. "

" During World War II, the pilot losses were staggering. In some bombing raids, as many as 80% of the planes that left did not return. "

" Mergers are like marriages. They are the bringing together of two individuals. If you wouldn't marry someone for the 'operational efficiencies' they offer in the running of a household, then why would you combine two companies with unique cultures and identities for that reason? "

" I look for the hotels that have figured out the comfortable balance - a modern room that is well designed, and really clean sheets. "

" When we can communicate from the inside out, we're talking directly to the part of the brain that controls behavior, and then we allow people to rationalize it with the tangible things we say and do. This is where gut decisions come from. "

" Don't quit. Never give up trying to build the world you can see, even if others can't see it. Listen to your drum and your drum only. It's the one that makes the sweetest sound. "

" No matter how many or how few people you have reporting to you, you must remember that as you climb higher in the ranks, your words will be taken as commands even if you're just thinking out loud. "

" Spending time with the military certainly lends itself to some remarkable experiences, and I've been privileged to have had my share. "

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" If you hire people just because they can do a job, they'll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they'll work for you with blood, sweat, and tears. "

" Directions are instructions given to explain how. Direction is a vision offered to explain why. "

" The goal is not to do business with everybody who needs what you have. The goal is to do business with people who believe what you believe. "

" Bad leaders believe that they have to project control at all times. "

" At the end of the day, humans are social animals and we are at our best when we get to do things with others who appreciate and enjoy what we enjoy. It's what keeps us human. "

" It is only from the people I've had the good fortune to meet that I am learning the lessons to guide me. Baz Luhrmann, director of 'Moulin Rouge,' for example, has a childlike curiosity about the world. He doesn't pretend to know all the answers - quite the opposite, in fact. He asks loads of questions of everyone. "

" Though there are lessons that can be learned about becoming a great leader, most exist inherently in the bellies of those who lead. "

" The most effective leaders are actually better at guarding against danger when they acknowledge it that it exists. Cowards, in contrast, cling to the hope that failure will never happen and may be sloppy in the face of danger - not because they don't acknowledge that it exists, but because they are just too afraid of it to look it in the eye. "

" TiVo and other digital recording devices have confounded advertisers. The ad industry sees the technology as a threat to their product. "

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" My concern is that we live in an economy in which stabbing someone and waiting for them to complain before we remove the knife has become the normal way of doing business. When did we lose sight of the fact that it's not nice to stab people in the first place? "

" When I was a kid, I was a bit of a space geek. I loved the space program and all things NASA. I would read books about our solar system; I had pictures of the Space Shuttle on my bedroom wall. And yes, I even went to Space Camp. "

" I know there's a difference between being successful and feeling successful. And if you ask me if I feel successful, the honest answer is 'not yet.' "

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" Leave America and you'll find that the consumers in many other countries enjoy watching advertising. Not because the products are better, but because the ads are produced to be entertaining. Sometimes they are funny. Sometimes they are dramatic. Sometimes they are just beautiful. "

" Great leaders don't need to act tough. Their confidence and humility serve to underscore their toughness. "

" One of the best paradoxes of leadership is a leader's need to be both stubborn and open-minded. A leader must insist on sticking to the vision and stay on course to the destination. But he must be open-minded during the process. "

" Corporate culture matters. How management chooses to treat its people impacts everything - for better or for worse. "

" A leader's job is not to do the work for others, it's to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done, and to succeed beyond what they thought possible. "

" Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating. "

" Like a good parent can't also be his child's best friend, a leader with authority requires some separation from subordinates. "