They were locked into the past and unwittingly locking themselves out of the future. Leaders do this to themselves and their organizations all the ti… - Bill Walsh

For me the starting point for everything - before strategy, tactics, theories, managing, organizing, philosophy, methodology, talent, or experience - is work ethic.

The second-richest man in America, Warren Buffett, says one of his biggest challenges is to help his top people — all wealthy beyond belief — stay interested enough to jump out of bed in the morning and work with all the enthusiasm they did when they were poor and just getting started.

Communication is complex. It’s not just the King’s English. Body language, gender connection, age connection, role connection, affluence and wealth connection, receiving or taking directions, and the state of mind of one person or another are all elements in communicating with someone. It’s not just being able to talk back and forth. It’s recognizing when to say it, how to say it, when to listen, whom you’re talking with, how they feel, what you’re trying to get down to, how important the circumstance is, what the necessity is timewise, and how rapidly the decision must be made.