Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.

Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.

I am his mistress. His work is his wife.

I am his mistress. His work is his wife.

In really good companies, you have to lead. You have to come up with big ideas and express them forcefully. read more

In really good companies, you have to lead. You have to come up with big ideas and express them forcefully. I have always been encouraged -- or sometimes forced -- to confront the very natural fear of being wrong. I was constantly pushed to find out what I really thought and then to speak up. Over time, I came to see that waiting to discover which way the wind was blowing is an excellent way to learn how to be a follower.

Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.

Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.

Good writing is clear thinking made visible.

Good writing is clear thinking made visible.

Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to
treat you.

Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to
treat you.

When we put things off until some future-probably mythical-Laterland,
we drag the past into the future. The burden of yesterday's read more

When we put things off until some future-probably mythical-Laterland,
we drag the past into the future. The burden of yesterday's incompletions
is a heavy load to carry. Don't carry it.

When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open.

When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open.

If you want to win anything-a race, your self, your life-you have to
go a little berserk.

If you want to win anything-a race, your self, your life-you have to
go a little berserk.