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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One should use praise to recognize what one is not.
One should use praise to recognize what one is not.
No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.
No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.
My wife met me at the door the other night in a sexy negligee.
Unfortunately, she was just coming home.
My wife met me at the door the other night in a sexy negligee.
Unfortunately, she was just coming home.
If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with
doubts, and are patient in read more
If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with
doubts, and are patient in them, we shall end in certainties.
Ordinary people believe only in the possible. Extraordinary people
visualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is read more
Ordinary people believe only in the possible. Extraordinary people
visualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is impossible.
And by visualizing the impossible, they begin to see it as possible.
Leaders create an environment which everyone has the opportunity to do work which matches his potential capability and for which read more
Leaders create an environment which everyone has the opportunity to do work which matches his potential capability and for which an equitable differential reward is provided.
Great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities, but to make
them.
Great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities, but to make
them.
On a single winged word hath hung the destiny of nations.
On a single winged word hath hung the destiny of nations.
Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and
humanity.
Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and
humanity.
