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"Mindless habitual behavior is the enemy of innovation."
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"It is astounding what power being kind, mannered, polite and considerate has in transforming your life."

"You have a habit of having an 'underhand', and that is why you get a boss. Otherwise, no one is your boss and no one is your underhand; such is the world."

"The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age."

"If... says: 'Do not be greedy, be generous', you may inwardly interpret this in such a manner that you will develop a greed for generosity."

"People get absorbed in chitchats with whomever they meet. They simply have to meet someone. Infinite energies are wasted in such chitchatting."

"A person's true character lies somewhere until after you might have pressed the wrong button without knowing, then you'll realize that there are dogs in human form."
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"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."


"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."


"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."


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


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


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


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