We know that recognition and intrinsic motivation are important to our success, but the key is finding ways to effectively operationalize them.
The three ordinary things that we often don't pay enough attention to, but which I believe are the drivers of all success, are hard work, perseverance, and basic honesty.
Starting a business from scratch and having little money in the bank focuses your mind in a way that running a multibillion-dollar business never does. It brings the key drivers of performance into sharp relief. I promise.
Small changes can produce big results - but the areas of highest leverage are often the least obvious.
Once you have women liberated, it's amazing how many other problems get resolved--pover ty, education, health. Women are the key in any community.
The key is not to figure out what the best people are doing and try to emulate it - rather, figure out what causes people and companies to be successful.
I think it's the strength of the idea that's made Donors Choose work, not me. I mean, I'm determined, and I work hard, but so does everyone else.
What can change the world today is the same thing that has changed it in the past-an idea and the service of dedicated, committed individuals to that idea.
