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The Manager Has His Eye On The Bottom Line; The Leader Has His Eye On The Horizon.

Leaders Learn By Leading, And They Learn Bestby Leading In The Face Of Obstacles. As Weather Shapes Mountains, Problems Shape Leaders.

Almost Without Exception, Members Of Great Groups See Themselves As Winning Underdogs, As A Feisty David Hurling Fresh Ideas At A Big, Backward-looking Goliath. They Always Have An "enemy."

The American Heritage Dictionary Defines Crucible As "a Place, Time, Or Situation Characterized By The Confluence Of Powerful Intellectual, Social, Economic, Or Political Forces; A Severe Test Of Patience Or Belief; A Vessel For Melting Material At High Temperatures." A Crucible Was The Vessel In Which Medieval Alchemists Attempted To Turn Base Metals Into Gold. That The Alchemists Inevitably Failed In Their Audacious Attempts Doesn't Denigrate The Power Of The Crucible As A Metaphor For The Circumstances That Cause An Individual To Be Utterly Transformed.

All Claims Deserve Consideration But Some Claims Are More Important Than Others.