We should not give away a moment to anyone who does not deserve it.
The x factor of a great leader is humility combined with will.
Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.
The moment you feel the need to tightly manage someone, you've made a hiring mistake. The best people don't need to be managed. Guided, taught, led-yes. But not tightly managed.
In the end, it is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work. Perhaps, then you might gain that great tranquility that comes from knowing that you've had a hand in creating something of intrinsic excellence that makes a contribution. Indeed, you might even gain that deepest of all satisfactions: knowing that your short time on this earth has been well spent, and that it mattered.
Look, I don't really know where we should take this bus. But I know this much: If we get the right people on the bus, the right people in the right seats, and the wrong people off the bus, then we'll figure out how to take it someplace great.
Building a visionary company requires one percent vision and 99 percent alignment.
[J. Lo] found us a police car. Sort of. 'It's not a police car,' I said. 'It is,' said J. Lo. 'Looknow. Lights for flashing. ' 'That's true. ' 'Writing on the sides. ' 'Yeah, but the writing? It says ''BullShake Party Patrol. '' Yes. Whatnow?
Exercise is like an old friend: You may not be able to see that friend all the time, but you're not mad when you see them, you're happy, and you get right back into it.
The U. S. and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians, just slaughtering them, for years. Robbing them and slaughtering them.
Continue to reinvent. Keep things moving and changing and growing and always a little bit out of reach.