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" Leadership is absolutely about inspiring action, but it is also about guarding against mis-action. "

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

" 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. "

" There is a difference between giving directions and giving direction. "

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

" If you have the opportunity to do amazing things in your life, I strongly encourage you to invite someone to join you. "

" Humility, I have learned, must never be confused with meekness. Humility is being open to the ideas of others. "

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

" I use Apple because they're easy to understand and everybody gets it. "

" Offer someone the opportunity to rebuild a company or reinvent an industry as the primary incentive, and it will attract those drawn to the challenge first and the money second. "

" Actions speak louder than words. All companies say they care, right? But few actually exercise that care. "

" There's nothing efficient about innovation. "

" A sour corporate culture can actually make an entire society unhappy. This means that a strong corporate culture can have a positive impact on a society. "

" If we care about the average working American, then Wal-Mart matters. A lot. "

" Entrepreneurs see the thing they want or need, then try to figure out a process of how to get it. People who shouldn't be entrepreneurs see the standard process they need to go through to get the thing they want or need then decide if they want to go through that process. "

" No matter when or where, always bring your 'A' game, because you never know when it will open doors for you. "

" Entrepreneurs must be practical experts. They needn't set out to be subject matter experts in what they do; they must set out to solve a problem or pursue some cause or purpose greater than themselves. "

" If no one ever broke the rules, then we'd never advance. "

" 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. "

" People don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it. "

" Some people are born good-looking. Some have the gift of gab. And some are lucky enough to be born smarter than the rest of us. Whether we like it or not, Mother Nature does not dole these characteristics out evenly. "

" It's important to slow down, every now and then, for no other reason than to call someone to say 'Hi.' It doesn't have to be a long conversation. Just calling out of the blue does more to let someone know you still care about them than nearly anything else. "

" There is not a single one of us with a job that is not completely reliant in some way shape or form on others. "

" 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. "

" Any parent who tells their kids that they can't attend a school play or go to a soccer match because they have to work is kidding themselves. It's OK to miss a game or two or a performance here and there, but it's not all right to miss the majority of them. "

" Over 90% of people go home at the end of the day feeling unfulfilled by their work, and I won't stop working until that statistic is reversed - until over 90% of people go home and can honestly say, 'I love what I do.' "

" 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. "