The Only Mistakes You Can Learn From

Bad Decisions Made With Good Intentions, Are Still Bad Decisions.

For No Matter What We Achieve, If We Don't Spend The Vast Majority Of Our Time With People We Love And Respect, We Cannot Possibly Have A Great Life. But If We Spend The Vast Majority Of Our Time With People We Love And Respect - People We Really Enjoy Being On The Bus With And Who Will Never Disappoint Us - Then We Will Almost Certainly Have A Great Life, No Matter Where The Bus Goes. The People We Interviewed From The Good-to-great Companies Clearly Loved What They Did, Largely Because They Loved Who They Did It With.

By Definition, It Is Not Possible To Everyone To Be Above The Average.

Level 5 Leaders Channel Their Ego Needs Away From Themselves And Into The Larger Goal Of Building A Great Company. It's Not That Level 5 Leaders Have No Ego Or Self-interest. Indeed, They Are Incredibly Ambitious-but Their Ambition Is First And Foremost For The Institution, Not Themselves.

The Drive For Progress Doesn't Wait For The External World To Say "it's Time To Change."