Enough: True Measures of Money, Business, and Life

In 1962, Barbara Tuchman published The Guns of August, an account of the first ninety days of World War I. It’s the best book on management—and, especially, mismanagement—I’ve ever read. The most basic conclusion I drew from her book was that, if you adopt a reasonable strategy, as opposed to waiting for an optimum strategy, and stick with it, you’

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A realization I’ve had lately: practically anything that’s great in the world is that way only through constant attention and care—e.g. great products, yards, marriages, companies, friendships. If left alone, practically everything defaults toward mediocrity at best or ruin at worst. “Constant attention and care” always requires time and this is a ... See more

We each get to decide what it means to be great. Moment to moment and day by day, we can deliberately choose to do only the things we’ll be proud to have done and to create the future we want to see. We start by deciding who we are—what philosophy and values will guide us and our companies—and by investing the time to reflect on the unique contribu

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