readings-2019
2019 Readings
The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he's in prison.
Always remember that to argue, and win, is to break down the reality of the person you are arguing against. It is painful to lose your reality, so be kind, even if you are right.
To paraphrase the book [High Output Management by Andy Grove], the job of an executive is: to define and enforce culture and values for their whole organization, and to ratify good decisions. That's all. Not to decide. Not to break ties. Not to set strategy. Not to be the expert on every, or any topic. Just to sit in the room while the right people make good decisions in alignment with their values. And if they do, to endorse it. And if they don't, to send them back to try again.
I don't think he was an alcoholic, but he was someone who liked his drink at the end of the day. Is that an alcoholic? I've never known. To an AA-er, he was probably an alcoholic. For an Irishman, he was a drinker.
On the other hand, there is a thing called a male imperative, and it is maybe stronger than any #MeToo movement, because it happens at birth. I have a great 3-year-old nephew who made his way over to my umbrella rack the other day and pulled an Irish walking stick out and said, “I am the leader of the universe.” Girls don't do that.
No, nothing is perfect, particularly when you've had a life like mine and the imperfections are as interesting as the perfections, if not more so.
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