A meeting moves at the speed of the slowest mind in the room. (In other words, all but one participant read more

A meeting moves at the speed of the slowest mind in the room. (In other words, all but one participant will be bored, all but one mind underused.).

If you can build a business up big enough, it is respectable.

If you can build a business up big enough, it is respectable.

Business is really more agreeable than pleasure: it interests the whole mind ... but it does not look as if read more

Business is really more agreeable than pleasure: it interests the whole mind ... but it does not look as if it did.

Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good read more

You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.

The very essence of leadership is [that] you have a vision. It's got to be a vision you articulate clearly read more

The very essence of leadership is [that] you have a vision. It's got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

Business is a lot like a game of tennis — those who serve well usually end up winning

Business is a lot like a game of tennis — those who serve well usually end up winning

I always said that mega-mergers were for megalomaniacs.

I always said that mega-mergers were for megalomaniacs.

Businesses are successful because someone makes the sacrifices others are unwilling to.

Businesses are successful because someone makes the sacrifices others are unwilling to.