“Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.”

“The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.”

“Work isnt work unless you would rather be doing something else.”

“You've got to be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?”

“The “Excellence Standard” is not about Grand Outcomes. In Zenlike terms, all we have is today. If the day’s work cannot be assessed as Excellent, then the oceanic overall goal of Excellence has not been advanced. Period.”

“It is not real work unless you would rather be doing something else.”

“Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.”