The Future Has No Shelf Life

Government Is Like An Onion. To Understand It, You Have To Peel Through Many Different Layers. Most Outsiders Never Get Beyond The First Or Second Layer.

Becoming A Leader Is Synonymous With Becoming Yourself. It Is Precisely That Simple, And It Is Also That Difficult.

Ineffective Leaders Often Act On The Advice And Counsel Of The Last Person They Talked To.

Encourage Dissent: Leaders Should Have Associates Who Have Contrary Views, Who Are Devil's Advocates, "variance Sensors" Who Can Tell Them The Difference Between What Is Expected And What Is Really Happening, Between What They Want To Hear And What They Need To Hear. There Are Too Many Naked Emperors Running Around Today.

The Leader Has A Clear Idea Of What He Wants To Do Professionally And Personally, And The Strength To Persist In The Face Of Setbacks, Even Failures