We all grade ourselves by different measures:

You need to confidently exclude people, and proudly say what you’re not.

Because my team was running the business, I was free to actually improve the business!

Remember it when delegating. You have to do both.

A business plan should never take more than a few hours of work—hopefully no more than a few minutes. The best plans start simple. A quick glance and common sense should tell you if the numbers will work. The rest are details.

Have the confidence to know that when your target 1 percent hears you excluding the other 99 percent, the people in that 1 percent will come to you because you’ve shown how much you value them.

The less I own, the happier I am. The lack of stuff gives me the priceless freedom to live anywhere anytime.

don’t think you need a huge vision. Just stay focused on helping people today.

my lack of enthusiastic vision was doing a disservice to my clients. It’d be better for everyone if I put the company in more motivated hands that could help them all grow.)