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

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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 -...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Preserve substance; modify form; know the difference.

Preserve substance; modify form; know the difference.

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...

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...

Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it.

Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

Substance is enduring, form is ephemeral.

Substance is enduring, form is ephemeral.

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...

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....