“No matter how you define success, you will need to be resilient, empowered, authentic, and limber to get there.”

“Only through becoming aware of yourself and your limitations can you be transparent with others.”

“Knowing what environments are a good fit requires a person to know about themselves, in other words, to have self-awareness.”

“Being in touch with your strengths and weaknesses, as well as what motivates you, will help you be more successful in your job.”

“Understanding what is being said is only a fraction of the task of communicating. Taking in signals from the entire context is critical.”

“Technical expertise is only a tiny portion of what it takes to be a successful employee and, particularly, a successful leader.”

“One of the crafty tricks Satan plays is to guide a person safely on the wrong path. When your safety is the priority, you may be on the wrong path but may not know.”

“That, in my opinion, was the most diabolical aspect of those old-time big brains: They would tell their owners, in effect, 'Here is a crazy thing we could actually do, probably, but we would never ...”

“My heart pounded annoyingly in my ears, and it was getting harder to stay focused. I'd almost gotten trapped in here, and now I'd come back. Sometimes I did have truly terrible ideas.”

“Skinny-dipping is like Paris. It's always a good idea.”

“Good ideas never require guns; and if an idea requires guns, it is not a good idea!”

“When you don't have to ask for permission innovation thrives.”

“If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old”

“I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.”

“Each voice carries a portion of value, no matter how unpalatable or distasteful that voice may be: no one person, government, ideology, transnational, or religious institution can own and dominate ...”