My BOOKSHELF
I get a lot of questions about what books have helped shape how I see my business and my life. This is an ongoing list of the books I've recommended the most.
It takes discipline to focus only on high-value targets instead of giving in to the temptation of the low-hanging fruit life serves up daily.
“Anytime you think you’ve arrived—whether your position is the lowest or the highest in the organization—you’ve lowered your expectations for yourself, sold your leadership short, and fallen into a no-growth mind-set.”
"Exceptional people really do come to believe that the journey is more important than the destination."
“Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.”
"The difference between great people and everyone else is that great people create their lives actively, while everyone else is created by their lives, passively waiting to see where life takes them next."
"It's not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to us that hurts us."
Everybody in the world is seeking happiness—and there is one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn't depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.