True Leadership Has People Who Follow When

In Determing "the Right People," The Good-to-great Companies Placed Greater Weight On Character Attributes Than On Specific Educational Background, Practical Skills, Specialized Knowledge, Or Work Experience.

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.

Whether You Prevail Or Fail Depends More On What You Do To Yourself Than On What The World Does To You.

Get Keep Right People.

In The End, It Is Impossible To Have A Great Life Unless It Is A Meaningful Life. And It Is Very Difficult To Have A Meaningful Life Without Meaningful Work. Perhaps, Then You Might Gain That Great Tranquility That Comes From Knowing That You've Had A Hand In Creating Something Of Intrinsic Excellence That Makes A Contribution. Indeed, You Might Even Gain That Deepest Of All Satisfactions: Knowing That Your Short Time On This Earth Has Been Well Spent, And That It Mattered.