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PART IVREFLECTIONS ON LEADERSHIP

50 MAXIMS AND OBSERVATIONS ON LEADERSHIP

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to stay there.

Leaders often change when success arrives. Some begin to believe that what got them to the top is enough to stay there. It isn’t. Complacency is a character issue.

When you’re through learning, you’re through.

Learning is a leader’s lifetime pursuit. You must never reach the point of self-delusion that suggests you know it all. Remind yourself, “It’s what I learn after I know it all that counts.” It’s the truth.

The journey is better than the inn.

Cervantes, with those words, sums up my perspective on ...

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