Perhaps that’s a good definition of spiritual community —“a safe place to hit bottom.” We all need a place safe enough to embrace our brokenness, our failure, and our inability to cope, and, in the midst of torment, a place to again discover life.

The Entrepreneur is our creative personality—always at its best dealing with the unknown, prodding the future, creating probabilities out of possibilities, engineering chaos into harmony.

I believe people look at things closer when they lose than when they win. At least, that’s what I found myself doing. Sometimes when you win, there’s stuff under the couch and rug that you ignore. But when you suffer a real setback, you want to know all the reasons why—so that it will never happen again.

Self-love is the only antidote to the chaos of existence. And if you don’t love and care for yourself and your own needs, you will cause unnecessary suffering both for yourself and others.

In my experience the best solicited feedback is confidential feedback. It’s good because nobody gets embarrassed or defensive. There are no emotional issues, because you do not know who to blame or retaliate against for attacking you.

Superior investing requires both generating returns and controlling risk. And recognizing risk is an absolute prerequisite for its control.

The one envelope at a time approach is called “single-piece flow” in lean manufacturing. It works because of the surprising power of small batches.

The effective leader should keep the following guidelines in mind when it is necessary to change attitudes or behaviour: 1 Be sincere. Do not promise anything that you cannot deliver. Forget about the benefits to yourself and concentrate on the benefits to the other person.

To build anything well—a house, a political organization, a business, or a film—you must understand the building process and possess the necessary skills.

There is great power in the idea of taking responsibility and just doing it—making it happen.