Today, the best work and the best opportunities go to those who are hard to replace.

We call a cancer bad, they would say, because it kills a man; but you might just as well call a successful surgeon bad because he kills a cancer. It all depends on the point of view.

A substantial amount (but not all) of the risk of common-stock investment can be eliminated by adopting a program of long-term ownership and sticking to it through thick and thin (the buy-and-hold strategy discussed in earlier chapters).

I may be wrong. So simple. So True. So easy to forget.

The hallmark of originality is rejecting the default and exploring whether a better option exists.

The narrower and rarer the identity you choose for yourself, the more everything will seem to threaten you. For that reason, define yourself in the simplest and most ordinary ways possible.

There’s no such thing as perpetual growth. Yet that’s what traditional business people crave.

Appoint a Five Whys Master To facilitate learning, I have found it helpful to appoint a Five Whys master for each area in which the method is being used.

Boundaries are only built and established in the context of relationship.

The heart of good leadership is sacrifice.