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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Yesterday is a canceled check; tomorrow is a promissory note; today is the
only cash you have-so spend it wisely.
Yesterday is a canceled check; tomorrow is a promissory note; today is the
only cash you have-so spend it wisely.
To the timid soul, nothing is possible.
To the timid soul, nothing is possible.
Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less
than you settled for.
The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less
than you settled for.
Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.
Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.
Sure I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself someday. (at
age 85).
Sure I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself someday. (at
age 85).
You aspire to great things? Begin with little ones.
You aspire to great things? Begin with little ones.
Nature has placed mankind under the government of two
sovereign masters, pain and pleasure...they govern us in all we do, read more
Nature has placed mankind under the government of two
sovereign masters, pain and pleasure...they govern us in all we do, in all
we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our
subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it.
Find your horse. Discover the direction the horse is going. Ride the
horse in that direction.
Find your horse. Discover the direction the horse is going. Ride the
horse in that direction.
