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	Saturday, June 18, 2005

Points to Ponder 4  (on quotes) My main quote this post comes from a great leader, Colin Powell.  'Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off.' 'Good leadership involves responsibility to the welfare of the group, which means that some people will get angry at your actions and decisions. It's inevitable, if you're honorable. Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity: you'll avoid the tough decisions, you'll avoid confronting the people who need to be confronted, and you'll avoid offering differential rewards based on differential performance because some people might get upset. Ironically, by procrastinating on the difficult choices, by trying not to get anyone mad, and by treating everyone equally nicely regardless of their contributions, you'll simply ensure that the only people you'll wind up angering are the most creative and productive people in the organization. ' Here is an equally tough leader, Harry Figgie, Jr., who states it in a more colorful words on the necessity of being tough--'You don't build a company like this with lace on your underwear," But of course, it is always good to always second think some of your conclusions, and always be willing to be corrected.  Here is a gem from philosopher, Bertrand Russell, 'I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.' I conclude it with one of my favorite quotes of all time, though I don't quite remember who said it, ' All generalizations are wrong, including this one.' Similar Posts:  Points to Ponder 3      Points to Ponder 2    Points to Ponder   4:48:56 PM     comment []   trackback []