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“Use the longest leader you can handle. Usually you can handle one much longer than you imagine. Remember that the purpose of the leader is to conceal artificiality. If you believe a leader is at all necessary then you must admit that the longer the leader the better chances you have for success”

Ifs Believe Use Remember Purpose Chance Leader Imagine Sea Rivers Fishes Handle Boat Lakes Fishing If You Believe Artificiality

Book:Trout

Source: Trout

“As a leader, it is vitally important that you keep in touch with your boss on a regular, sacrosanct basis. Chances are your boss can provide an aerial view that will make your path more clear.”

Important Chance Views Leader Path Clear Bases Boss Chances Are

Book:Jesus, CEO: using ancient wisdom for visionary leadership

Source: Jesus, CEO: using ancient wisdom for visionary leadership

“When a highly successful leader retires after a long career, it is very unlikely that his successor will be of comparable caliber. Anyone of similar ability and drive would have gone somewhere else, instead of waiting in the wings for years for a chance to show his own leadership.”

Years Long Shows Waiting Leadership Chance Ability Leader Careers Gone Successful Wings Retiring Unlikely Somewhere Else Successors Caliber Long Careers Successful Leaders

Author:Thomas Sowell

“You simply can't be tentative in a startup. You have to go for it at every chance you get. And if the leader of the organization is anxious, his or her fear pervades the organization. Everything comes from the top in a company. So if you are starting a company or building one, face your fears and move past them. It's critically important to your company.”

Ifs Important Past Faces Moving Chance Company Leader Building Organization Starting Anxious Face Your Fears

Author:Fred Wilson

“When [Vladimir] Putin, a former lieutenant-colonel in the KGB, became Russia's president on December 31, 1999 - eight years after the failed coup attempt against (then Soviet leader Mikhail) Gorbachev, and eight years after the people had torn down the statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky, the hated founder of the KGB, in Moscow - it was admittedly a shock. Nevertheless, I decided to give Putin a chance. He seemed dynamic and capable of learning. But I had to bury my hopes after just a few months. He proved to be an autocrat - and, because the West let him do as he pleased, he became a dictator.”

“The problem was that Panama technically belonged to Colombia, which refused to sign a treaty leasing it to the United States. So Roosevelt sent a gunboat filled with marines down to Panama, just on the off chance that a revolution might suddenly break out, and darned if one didn't, two days later. Not only that, but the leaders of the new nation of Panama-talk about lucky breaks!-were absolutely thrilled to have the United States build a canal there. 'Really, it's our pleasure,' they told the marines, adding, 'Don't shoot.'”

Source: Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States

“Highly successful leaders ignore conventional wisdom and take chances. Their stories inevitably include a defining moment or key decision when they took a significant risk and thereby experienced a breakthrough.”

Moments Stories Chance Decision Leader Successful Risk Keys Significant Conventional Breakthrough Defining Take A Chance Conventional Wisdom Defining Moments Successful Leaders

Author:Larry Osborne