If you don't understand that you work for your mislabeled 'subordinates,' then you know nothing of leadership. You know only tyranny.

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As I like to say, the entire collective memory of the species - that means...

As I like to say, the entire collective memory of the species - that means...

If you look to lead, invest at least 40% of your time managing yourself -...

If you look to lead, invest at least 40% of your time managing yourself -...

Lead yourself, lead your superiors, lead your peers, and free your people to do the...

Lead yourself, lead your superiors, lead your peers, and free your people to do the...

Make an empty space in any corner of your mind, and creativity will instantly fill...

Make an empty space in any corner of your mind, and creativity will instantly fill...

Throughout history, it took centuries for the habits of one culture to materially affect another....

Throughout history, it took centuries for the habits of one culture to materially affect another....

Preserve substance; modify form; know the difference.

Preserve substance; modify form; know the difference.

What will become compellingly important is absolute clarity of shared purpose and set of principles...

What will become compellingly important is absolute clarity of shared purpose and set of principles...

If you're in such a position of power and your ego is such that this...

If you're in such a position of power and your ego is such that this...

The closest thing to a law of nature in business is that form has an...

The closest thing to a law of nature in business is that form has an...

Success follows those adept at preserving the substance of the past by clothing it in...

Success follows those adept at preserving the substance of the past by clothing it in...

An illustration I use to get people to understand it is this: I'll ask major...

An illustration I use to get people to understand it is this: I'll ask major...

Make a careful list of all things done to you that you abhorred. Don't do...

Make a careful list of all things done to you that you abhorred. Don't do...

Experience is easy to provide and quickly put to good use by people with all...

Experience is easy to provide and quickly put to good use by people with all...

If you go back to the first single-cell form of life, it clearly possessed the...

If you go back to the first single-cell form of life, it clearly possessed the...

Every mind is a room packed with archaic furniture.

Every mind is a room packed with archaic furniture.

We are now at a point in time when the ability to receive, utilize, store,...

We are now at a point in time when the ability to receive, utilize, store,...

Think about technological float: it took centuries for the wheel to gain universal acceptance. Now...

Think about technological float: it took centuries for the wheel to gain universal acceptance. Now...

An organization, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the people who...

An organization, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the people who...

It won't do away with hierarchy totally, but the principal leader will be the person...

It won't do away with hierarchy totally, but the principal leader will be the person...

Language was a huge expansion of that capacity to deal with information.

Language was a huge expansion of that capacity to deal with information.