'If there is no competition, there is no money"

“A Hedgehog Concept is a simple, crystalline concept that flows from deeply understanding the intersection of the following three circles: (1) what you’re deeply passionate about, (2) what you can be the best in the world at, and (3) what drives your economic or resource engine.” ― Jim Collins, Turning the Flywheel: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great

“Leading as a charismatic visionary—a “genius with a thousand helpers” upon whom everything depends—is time telling. Shaping a culture that can thrive far beyond any single leader is clock building. Searching for a single great idea upon which to build success is time telling. Building an organization that can generate many great ideas is clock building. Leaders who build enduring great companies tend to be clock builders, not time tellers. For true clock builders, success comes when the organization proves its greatness not just during one leader’s tenure but also when the next generation of leadership further increases flywheel momentum.” ― Jim Collins, Turning the Flywheel: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great 29.

We are guilty of many errors and many faults, but our worst crime is abandoning the children, neglecting the fountain of life. Many of the things we need can wait. The child cannot. Right now is the time his bones are being formed, his blood is being made, and his senses are being developed. To him we cannot answer ‘Tomorrow,’ his name is today.