Hire character. Train skill.
I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better.
So often people are working hard at the wrong thing. Working on the right thing is probably more important than working hard.
The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.
A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.
If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.
Good habits are the key to all success. Bad habits are the unlocked door to failure.
Colleagues should take care of each other, have fun, celebrate success, learn by failure, look for reasons to praise not to criticize, communicate freely and respect each other.
Some 80% of your life is spent working. You want to have fun at home; why shouldn’t you have fun at work?
If you can hire people whose passion intersects with the job, they won’t require any supervision at all. They will manage themselves better than anyone could ever manage them. Their fire comes from within, not from without. Their motivation is internal, not external.
Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.
It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do.
Quality is everyone’s responsibility.
You are not your resume, you are your work.
Customers will never love a company until its employees love it first.
Business is a marathon, and most of society thinks it’s a sprint.
We’re all working together; that’s the secret.
Set stretch goals. Don’t ever settle for mediocrity. The key to stretch is to reach for more than you think is possible. Don’t sell yourself short by thinking that you’ll fail.