Those of you who know me have come to understand I prefer to cut to the chase and get to the root of an issue as quickly as possible.

FORBES: The Facts Ma'am - Just The Facts

Anderson is a must read for anyone who wants to understand the economics and finance of that period, and anyone who, like me, is interested in learning the principles of classical finance, free from the distortions of Keynesianism and Modern Portfolio Theory.

FORBES: What Is the Liquidity Premium? What Does It Mean?

Only the ones who judged me bad for reasons I could never understand, neither the reasons nor the meaning of bad.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Warm Springs'

The company, headquartered in Indiana, employs more than 11, 000 sneakerologists (a new word for me) who are product specialists and understand all facets of athletic shoes.

FORBES: Macy's -- A Great Partnership with The Finish Line

And when I say there are people who will hear this and never forgive me, I understand that.

NPR: Armstrong Admits Doping: 'I'm A Flawed Character'

Talking through this with him has helped me understand why some of my corporate clients who are good leaders and good managers are not necessarily good at operating businesses.

FORBES: Leader, Manager, Operator - Which Are You?

And I want to thank Julie, Barbara, Roland, Stephen, Renee, and Christopher, standing behind me -- physicians, physicians assistants, and nurses who understand how important it is for us to make much needed changes in our health care system.

WHITEHOUSE: Moving Forward on Health Care Reform

Unbelievably, he has chastised people like me, who voted for him, for not supporting what we don't understand.

FORBES: Magazine Article

And those of you who were with me in '08 -- (applause) -- you understand this because that election was about you.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

And when you look at it from that perspective, it makes a lot of sense to me that they are conservatives who really tied up the knots about this because they understand not just what this is about for right now.

NPR: Black Conservatives Torn Between McCain, Obama