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I'm all for ambition and stretch goals. I set them for myself. But leadership isn't the same as cheerleading. Believing in something is a necessary but absolutely insufficient condition for making it come true.
Margaret Heffernan
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Margaret Heffernan
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: June 16
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Once you have power, you are inevitably surrounded by people who have their own agendas and will tell you whatever advances them.
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Those in powerless positions aren't about to complain about bullying bosses, abusive supervisors or corrupt co-workers. There is no safe way to do so and no process that promises redress.
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In business, staying focused requires that you turn most opportunities down.
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It is nobody's right to be waited on and nobody's fate to do the waiting.
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Britain is famous for being great at inventing and poor at commercializing.
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Openness isn't the end. It's the beginning.
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