Business today is about making decisions amid ambiguity.
My parents kept the best aspects of the Asian culture, and they Americanized the family. My mother was a great example for me. She was a working mother with a good career.
If you feel like it's difficult to change, you will probably have a harder time succeeding.
There are pros and cons of experience. A con is that you can't look at the business with a fresh pair of eyes and as objectively as if you were a new CEO. Fire yourself on a Friday night and come in on Monday morning as if a search firm put you there as a turn-around leader. Can you be objective and make the bold change?
Talent is the No. 1 priority for a CEO. You think it's about vision and strategy, but you have to get the right people first.
I think there is a big and significant difference between being a leader and being a manager-leaders lead from the heart. You have to be analytical and flexible. Flexibility is one of the key ingredients to being successful. If you feel like it's difficult to change, you will probably have a harder time succeeding.
Women are clearly the major consumers in far more than just female categories. It doesn't matter whether it is purchases of cars, cosmetics, or even products for men, female consumption power is the leading consumption power in the world. Any company that overlooks the woman as the decision maker is making a huge mistake.
When a man is ill his very goodness is sickly.
His gaze travelled down me, then zipped back to my face. "Sorry. " "Focus, Rafe. " "I am. Just on the wrong thing.
When I was young I liked taking tests. I happened to be good at it. Certain subjects came easily, like math. All the science stuff. I would just read the textbooks in the first few days of class.
I feel a number of people who will never be students whom I'm corresponding with inwardly.