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Excellence Is A Better Teacher Than Mediocrity. The Lessons Of The Ordinary Are Everywhere. Truly Profound And Original Insights Are To Be Found Only In Studying The Exemplary.

I Am Reminded How Hollow The Label Of Leadership Sometimes Is And How Heroic Followership Can Be.

I Used To Think That Running An Organization Was Equivalent To Conducting A Symphony Orchestra. But I Don't Think That's Quite It; It's More Like Jazz. There Is More Improvisation. Someone Once Wrote That The Sound Of Surprise Is Jazz, And If There's Any One Thing That We Must Try To Get Used To In This World, It's Surprise And The Unexpected. Truly, We Are Living In World Where The Only Thing That's Constant Is Change.

The Manager Has A Short-range View; The Leader Has A Long-range Perspective.

Leaders Wonder About Everything, Want To Learn As Much As They Can, Are Willing To Take Risks, Experiment, Try New Things. They Do Not Worry About Failure But Embrace Errors, Knowing They Will Learn From Them.