“Creativity is just connecting things.” — Steve Jobs

King Solomon, recognized as the wisest and wealthiest man of the ancient world, observed: “There is nothing new under the sun.” Although we think of inventors as dreaming up breakthroughs out of thin air, even the ... Read More »

“The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and will to carry on.” — Walter Lippmann

In 2000, after 24 years of growing Home Depot to $46 billion in revenues, founders Arthur Blank and Bernie Marcus began to see their most significant oversight: they never prepared leaders ... Read More »

“If you can dream it, you can do it.” — Walt Disney

George Lucas, CEO of Lucasfilm and creator of ”Star Wars” and ”Indiana Jones” series observed: “Dreams are extremely important.  You can’t do it unless you can imagine it.”  American swimmer Michael Phelps, who holds the record for the most gold medals won in ... Read More »

“Action is the real measure of intelligence.” — Napoleon Hill

Peter Drucker writes in The Effective Executive, “There seems to be little correlation between a man’s effectiveness and his intelligence….Brilliant men are often strikingly ineffectual; they fail to realize that brilliant insight is not by itself achievement.”

Albert Einstein put his ... Read More »

“If I’d ask my customers what they wanted, they’d have said a faster horse.” — Henry Ford

Innovator extraordinaire, Steve Jobs believed: “It’s really hard to design products by focus groups.  A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.”

Starbucks CEO, Howard Schultz observed: ... Read More »