????It is not enough to have a good product. The most important thing is to understand the direction of the industry. When you hear two things “I have always done it this way” or “ everybody does it this way”, you know there’s an opportunity to do something different and add value.

????光有好的產品是不夠的，最重要的是理解行業的方向。如果你聽到別人說這么兩句話—“我總是這么做”或是“大家都這么做”你就知道能做些與眾不同的事能增加價值了。

????——美國人阿德爾森是澳門新賭場的投資者。他改變了以往草率的投資風格，開始有了自己的投資原則。

????The things that make a good leader are being open-minded, having a willingness to really ask for and accept advice, showing a sense of humility and putting the right people in the right seats.

????成為一名領導人需要的素質包括：思想開明、真心誠意尋求并聽取意見、為人謙虛，并且知人善任。

????——高盛公司CEO 漢克?鮑爾森談領導人的素質。

????The bible shows how to deal with all sort of people, from oligarchs to dissidents, angry people.

????《圣經》告訴人們如何與形形色色的人打交道，不論是寡頭政治的執政者，還是持不同政見的、憤怒的人。

????——百思買公司CEO稱《圣經》是有關領導力方面最好的書。

????There are always 100 different reasons not to do a deal. Most acquisition fail. Big acquisitions, in particular, usually don’t work out. But acting in the fact of skepticism is part of eBay’s DNA.

????不做一件事，總有100個理由。大多數收購都是失敗的，特別是大型收購。但在別人都懷疑的情況下行動，是eBay基因的一部分。

????——eBay首席執行官梅格?惠特曼談公司斥資26億美元收購Skype。

????I have to make sure that we got rid of the saboteurs, built a strong cadre of disciples, and moved all the fence sitters to the positive side.

????我必須確保鏟除蓄意破壞者，建立強大的追隨隊伍，并且爭取所有的騎墻派。

????——寶潔公司CEO雷富禮談如何面對內部的批評，他把公司員工分為三派。