“As we throw ourselves into raw actions, our senses and instincts will rapidly be honed again”

“The Lesson is, we all need to expose ourselves to the winds of change”

“Compaqs, Dells and Novells each of which emerged from practically nothing to become major corporations. What's the common among these companies is that they all instinctively followed the rules for success in a horizontal industry.”

“Selectivity - the determination to choose what we will attempt to getdone and what we won't - is the only way out of the panic thatexcessive demands on our time can create.”

“The ability to recognize that the winds have shifted and to take appropriate action before you wreck your boat in crucial to the future of an enterprise”

“When people in the company start asking questions like @But how can we say "X" when we do "Y"? more than anything else this is a tip-off that a strategic inflection point may very well be in the making”

“In fact , we might as well say "proprietary", which ,in fact, was the byword of the old computer industry.”