Substance is enduring, form is ephemeral.

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Preserve substance; modify form; know the difference.

Preserve substance; modify form; know the difference.

The prudent course is to make an investment in learning, testing and understanding, determine how...

The prudent course is to make an investment in learning, testing and understanding, determine how...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

If you don't understand that you work for your mislabeled 'subordinates,' then you know nothing...

If you don't understand that you work for your mislabeled 'subordinates,' then you know nothing...

Make another list of things done for you that you loved. Do them for others,...

Make another list of things done for you that you loved. Do them for others,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

With the advent of genetic engineering the time required for the evolution of new species...

With the advent of genetic engineering the time required for the evolution of new species...

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...

Every mind is a room packed with archaic furniture.

Every mind is a room packed with archaic furniture.

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...

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...

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...

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 -...

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...