Skillin the art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He canaccomplish nothing unless he can communicate effectively.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

Prepareby knowing your walk away [conditions] and by building the number ofvariables you can work with during the negotiation... you need to have a walkaway... a combination of price, terms, and deliverables that represents theleast you will accept. Witho

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

Necessity truns lion into fox.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?