Some Quotable Quotes (Easy to find throughout!)

It didn’t take long to find something specific worth remembering in this book. It's actually written, to a certain extent, in carefully crafted, stand-alone "lead sentences." They leap off the page at you, buried in the larger context of a chapter or paragraph. They're worth watching for and writing down, maybe even posting on the wall. No exaggeration.

Here are a few examples to ponder - - -

“These principles aren’t abstractions, and this book isn’t a fanciful cogitation on success. In the final analysis, it is a how-to book. It is meant to be read, savored, and reread.”

“This book will be your road map to success in a world where geography is less important than personal geopolitics, a world in which not a moment can be wasted ruining what might have been.”

“It does not matter how far down you are in life; you can come back today, whereas in an earlier time you couldn’t come back at all. The doors are opening wider. The issue is how do you get through the door? That is what this book is about.”

“I always have been interested in the interplay of faiths and in philosophy. I’m particularly struck by the works of one Zen master on the art of living. He says that the well-rounded professional makes little distinction between work and play, labor and leisure, the mind and the body, education and recreation, and love and religion. That person hardly knows which is which. This is an individual who simply pursues a personal vision of excellence….”

“The playbook for obtaining and retaining power is constantly evolving, largely because the technology we increasingly rely on is fungible and is galloping at a pace that’s difficult to keep up with. I hope this book will serve as a playbook for people who really want to understand the different uses of power.”