Most executives, many scientists, and almost all business school graduates believe that if you analyze data, this will give you new ideas. Unfortunately, this belief is totally wrong. The mind can only see what it is prepared to see.

A successful economic development strategy must focus on improving the skills of the area's workforce, reducing the cost of doing business and making available the resources business needs to compete and thrive in today's global economy.

I can't tell anybody else how to run their life or their business, but I really believe I've got a good bead on myself.

There is one other business where the customer is always wrong and that's the media.

The real business of life is trying to understand each other.