The Thing That Motivates Me Is A

You Want To Look At What Other Companies Are Doing. It's Very Important Not To Be Hermetically Sealed. But You Don't Want To Look At It As If, 'ok, We're Going To Copy That.' You Want To Look At It And Say, 'that's Very Interesting. What Can We Be Inspired To Do As A Result Of That?' And Then Put Your Own Unique Twist On It.

Above All Else, Align With Customers. Win When They Win. Win Only When They Win.

Read The Declaration Of Independence To Your Children As A Tradition Every Fourth Of July. Make Sure They Understand Why The Word "pursuit" Precedes The Word "happiness."

My View Is There's No Bad Time To Innovate.

Because, You Know, Resilience - If You Think Of It In Terms Of The Gold Rush, Then You'd Be Pretty Depressed Right Now Because The Last Nugget Of Gold Would Be Gone. But The Good Thing Is, With Innovation, There Isn't A Last Nugget. Every New Thing Creates Two New Questions And Two New Opportunities.