The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons in Creative Leadership from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company

He was right. In my eagerness to demonstrate that I had a strategy for solving all of Disney's problems and addressing all of the issues we were confronting, I hadn't prioritized any of them. There was no signaling as to what was most important, no easily digested, comprehensive vision. My overall vision lacked clarity and inspiration.

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Don’t be in the business of playing it safe. Be in the business of creating possibilities for greatness.

His mantra was simple: "Do what you need to do to make it better." Of all the things I learned from Roone, this is what shaped me the most. When I talk about this particular quality of leadership, I refer to it as "the relentless pursuit of perfection." In practice that means a lot of things, and it's hard to define. It's a mind