Most of what makes a book 'good' is that we are reading it at the right moment for us.
One of the symptoms of a losing streak is a turnover of top executives. It's a revolving door.
I've been looking at companies that are on a positive path vs. a negative path and I've come to use the language of sports, winning streaks and losing streaks.
Powerlessness corrupts: absolute powerlessness corrupts absolutely.
I wonder whether there has been too much emphasis on teaching women to conform, to fit into the system. Certainly that suits conservative organizations in conservative times. But now. . . innovation and creativity are necessary.
Confidence isn't optimism or pessimism, and it's not a character attribute. It's the expectation of a positive outcome.
The importance of discretion increases with closeness to the top of a hierarchical organization.
My household is, in a nice way, very busy.
There are people in need of help. Charity is one of the nobler human motivations. The act of reaching into one's own pockets to help a fellow man in need is praiseworthy and laudable. Reaching into someone else's pocket is despicable and worthy of condemnation.
The schools must fashion the person, and fashion him in such a way that he simply cannot will otherwise than what you wish him to will.
When people get to speak about themselves and the things that matter to them, on their own terms, we see them as who they are. They can't be reduced to objects of derision.