Virtue is its own reward.

Virtue is its own reward.

Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.

Nobody can be exactly like me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.

Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.

Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision.

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

In really good companies, you have to lead. You have to come up with big ideas and express them forcefully. read more

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.

The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity, and execute
with vigor; to sketch out a map of read more

The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity, and execute
with vigor; to sketch out a map of possibilities; and then to treat them
as probabilities.

There is no time like the pleasant.

There is no time like the pleasant.