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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this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.
If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of
this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.
Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.
Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.
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It is better to be boldly decisive and risk being wrong than to agonize at length and be right too late.
The Three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to
himself.
The Three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to
himself.
Be smart, but never show it.
Be smart, but never show it.
Law, without force, is impotent.
Law, without force, is impotent.
Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
You know you've achieved perfection in design,
Not when you have nothing more to add,
But when you have read more
You know you've achieved perfection in design,
Not when you have nothing more to add,
But when you have nothing more to take away.
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controls.
The best way to navigate through life is to give up all of our
controls.
