Chapter 4. Get the Facts
“The greatest test of courage is to bear defeat without losing heart.” | ||
| --ROBERT INGERSOLL | ||
Perhaps the number-one reason for success in life is clarity—about who you are, what you want, and the details of the situation you are facing. The more and better information you have regarding the exact nature of the crunch that you are dealing with, the calmer you will be and the better the decisions you will make.
Jack Welch, the former president of General Electric and perhaps the top executive in the world in his time, said that the most important of all leadership principles is what he called the “Reality Principle.” He defined the Reality Principle as “facing the world as it is, rather than as you wish it would be.” Whenever ...
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