Good Is The Enemy Of Great.

To Have A Welch-caliber C.e.o. Is Impressive.to Have A Century Of Welch-caliber C.e.o.'s All Grown From The Inside - Well, That Is One Key Reason Why G.e. Is A Visionary Company.

Perhaps Your Quest To Be Part Of Building Something Great Will Not Fall In Your Business Life. But Find It Somewhere. If Not In Corporate Life, Then Perhaps In Making Your Church Great. If Not There, Then Perhaps A Nonprofit, Or A Community Organization, Or A Class You Teach. Get Involved In Something That You Care So Much About That You Want To Make It The Greatest It Can Possibly Be, Not Because Of What You Will Get, But Just Because It Can Be Done.

Change Your Practices Without Abandoning Your Core Values.

Most People Will Look Back And Realize They Did Not Have A Great Life Because It's Just So Easy To Settle For A Good Life.

The Best Ceos In Our Research Display Tremendous Ambition For Their Company Combined With The Stoic Will To Do Whatever It Takes, No Matter How Brutal (within The Bounds Of The Company's Core Values), To Make The Company Great. Yet At The Same Time They Display A Remarkable Humility About Themselves, Ascribing Much Of Their Own Success To Luck, Discipline And Preparation Rather Than Personal Genius.