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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A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.
A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.
In the factory we make cosmetics; in the store we sell hope.
In the factory we make cosmetics; in the store we sell hope.
The mind is just another muscle.
The mind is just another muscle.
The only thing that we know is that we know nothing and that is the
highest flight of human wisdom.
The only thing that we know is that we know nothing and that is the
highest flight of human wisdom.
When you seek it, you cannot find it.
When you seek it, you cannot find it.
Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time read more
Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.
He who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands
himself is more intelligent. He who controls read more
He who knows much about others may be learned, but he who understands
himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may be powerful, but
he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
A man may well be condemned, not for doing something, but for doing nothing.
A man may well be condemned, not for doing something, but for doing nothing.
While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the
other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.
While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the
other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.
