The boomers’ biggest impact will be on eliminating the term ‘retirement’ and inventing a new stage of life… the new career arc.

To stay ahead, you must have your next idea waiting in the wings.

The commune movement is part of a reawakening of belief in the possibilities for utopia that existed in the nineteenth century and exist again today, a belief that by creating the right social institution, human satisfaction and growth can be achieved.

I’ve found that small wins, small projects, small differences often make huge differences.

Leaders must wake people out of inertia. They must get people excited about something they’ve never seen before, something that does not yet exist.

“No” is always an easier stand than “Yes.

One of the symptoms of a losing streak is a turnover of top executives. It’s a revolving door.

Leaders must pick causes they won’t abandon easily, remain committed despite setbacks, and communicate their big ideas over and over again in every encounter.

Companies used to be able to function with autocratic bosses. We don’t live in that world anymore.

The Martha Stewart trial makes clear how far women have risen in the business world. America can be proud of our equal-opportunity prosecution and conviction.

Ambivalence about family responsibilities has a long history in the corporate world.

Mindless habitual behavior is the enemy of innovation.

Too many people let others stand in their way and don’t go back for one more try.

A great idea is not enough.

Cheap labor is not going to be the way we compete in the United States. It’s going to be brain power.

I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons taught us we were entitled to, no matter what the sacrifice.

The goal of winning is not losing two times in a row.

The boomers’ biggest impact will be on eliminating the term ‘retirement’ and inventing a new stage of life… the new career arc.

A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.

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.

Power is the ability to get things done.