The Moment You Feel The Need To

If I Were Running A Company Today, I Would Have One Priority Above All Others: To Acquire As Many Of The Best People As I Could. I'd Put Off Everything Else To Fill My Bus. Because Things Are Going To Come Back. My Flywheel Is Going To Start To Turn. And The Single Biggest Constraint On The Success Of My Organization Is The Ability To Get And To Hang On To Enough Of The Right People.

Consider The Idea That Charisma Can Be As Much A Liability As An Asset. Your Strength Of Personality Can Sow The Seeds Of Problems, When People Filter The Brutal Facts From You.

It Took Einstein Ten Years Of Groping Through The Fog To Get The Theory Of Special Relativity, And He Was A Bright Guy.

Those Who Build Great Companies Understand That The Ultimate Throttle On Growth For Any Great Company Is Not Markets, Or Technology, Or Competition, Or Products. It Is One Thing Above All Others: The Ability To Get And Keep Enough Of The Right People.

The Signature Of Mediocrity Is Chronic Inconstancy. The Signature Of Greatness Is A Disciplined And Consistent Focus On The Right Things.