leadership
The paradox of ambition.
David Ogilvy’s top 10 leadership traits.
From the book The Unpublished David Ogilvy.
Via David Sentra on Twitter (@FoundersPodcast).
The cardinal sin is delaying the correction of mistakes or what Charlie Munger called “thumb-sucking.” Problems, he would tell me, cannot be wished away. They require action, however uncomfortable that may be.
Warren E. Buffett • Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Annual Report 2024
Warren Buffett
“Management is the efficient accomplishment of tasks. Leadership is producing and maintaining full engagement from our group in what matters.”
From Rare Leadership by Marcus Warner and Jim Wilder
I have come to the conviction that if you cannot translate your thoughts into uneducated language, then your thoughts were confused. Power to translate is the test of having really understood one's own meaning.
—C.S. Lewis
During the 2019-23 period, I have used the words “mistake” or “error” 16 times in my letters to you. Many other huge companies have never used either word over that span.
Warren E. Buffett • Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Annual Report 2024
Warren Buffett
Piercing question:
“If someone came as a disciple of your life, and lived the way you live for a week, what would be the fruit of that for them?”
—John Eldredge