In really good companies, you have to lead. You have to come up with big ideas and express them forcefully. I have always been encouraged -- or sometimes forced -- to confront the very natural fear of being wrong. I was constantly pushed to find out what I really thought and then to speak up. Over time, I came to see that waiting to discover which way the wind was blowing is an excellent way to learn how to be a follower.
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In the great mass of our people there are plenty individuals of intelligence from among whom leadership can be recruited.
In the great mass of our people there are plenty individuals of intelligence from among whom leadership can be recruited.
Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the read more
Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.
Real wealth is ideas plus energy.
Real wealth is ideas plus energy.
He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.
The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.
The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.
If you want to win anything-a race, your self, your life-you have to
go a little berserk.
If you want to win anything-a race, your self, your life-you have to
go a little berserk.
Clearly no group can as an entity create ideas. Only individuals can do this. A group of individuals may, however, read more
Clearly no group can as an entity create ideas. Only individuals can do this. A group of individuals may, however, stimulate one another in the creation of ideas.
Not the fruit of experience but experience itself, is the
end.
Not the fruit of experience but experience itself, is the
end.
