The key decisions can all be characterized by focus, focus and focus.

    我们所有的关键决策可以用三个词来概括：聚焦、聚焦、在聚焦。

    ——eBay公司CEO梅格•惠特曼谈公司增长的秘诀。

    I knew the worst thing you can do as a CEO is to guess wrong. You credibility goes to zero.

    作为CEO，我认为最糟糕的事就是乱猜。你的威信就彻底没了。

    ——摩托罗拉公司CEO 赞德上任后的第一件事是向客户了解情况，然后再采取行动。

    I spend a lot of time reading about technology breakthroughs and thinking and thinking about the ways they can enable great new software.

    我花大量时间阅读技术突破方面的内容，思考它们怎么才能变为出色的新软件。

    ——比尔•盖茨谈自己创新的灵感的来源。

    We made the choice a long time ago that were going to be customer-obsessed rather than competitive-focused. I spend the vast majority majority of my time on the customer experience, which I believe is the most important driver of our business..

    我们很早就做出决定，公司要以客户为中心，不以竞争为目的。我大量的时间是花在用户体验上，我相信这是我们这个行业最重要的驱动力。

    ——亚马逊公司CEO贝索斯称公司不会采取竞争性战略。

    The greatest source of mistakes in top management is to ask the same questions most people ask. They all assume that there are the same “ right answers” for everyone. But one does not begin with answers. One begins by asking “what are our questions?”

    最高管理层最容易犯的错误在于他们提出的问题和大多数人一样。他们往往假设针对每一个人都会有“正确的答案”。然而，他们不应该一开始就找答案，而应该问“我们的问题在哪？”

    ——彼得•德鲁克谈经理人永恒的管理误区。

    The industrial age was about control, and the information age is about release means helping people find their voice, so they can do what they love doing and what they do well.

    工业时代的特点是控制，而信息时代是释放。释放意味着帮助别人找到自己，以便他们做自己想做和擅长做的事。

    ——《第8个习惯：从有效到伟大》的作者斯蒂芬•柯维谈现代经理人的成功之道。