Dormann - Letters from Leaders: Personal Advice for Tomorrows Leaders from the Worlds Most Influential People

LETTERS

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LEADERS

LETTERS

FROM

LEADERS

Personal Advice for Tomorrow's Leaders fromthe World's Most Influential PeopleCompiled by HENRY O. DORMANNChairman and Editor in Chief, LEADERS Magazine

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Muhammad Ali Former Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World.-THE GREATER THE OBSTACLE, THE MORE GLORIOUS THE MOMENT OF SUCCESSVahid Alaghband Chairman, Balli Klockner. LOOK FOR THAT SILVER LININGT. Boone Pickens Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Oficer,BPCapital.:TO BE UP AGAINST THE WALLPeter G. Peterson Senior Chairman, the Blackstone Group: AN EXUBERANT CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTUREE. Marie McKee Senior Vice President, Corning Incorporated and President and Chief Executi'e Officer, Steuben Glass: WHEN A DOOR CLOSES, ANOTHER OPENSWalter Cronkite journalist: B E PREPARE DWilliam Harrison Jr. Former Chairman and ChiefExecuti'e Oficer, jPMorgan Chase: B E A L E A D E RGerald R. Ford Thirty-eighth President of the United States: OPPONENTS, NOT ENEMIESJimmy Carter Thirty-ninth President of the United States: EXPAND YOUR HEARTS AND MINDSGeorge H. W. Bush Forty-first President of the United States: THE FORTY-FIRST PRESIDENT'S TOP TEN LISTGeorge W. Bush Forty-third President of the United States: SAY WHAT YOU BELIEVE AND STAND BY ITSumner Redstone Chairman, Viacom: T H E T H R E E C SJohn Teets- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,] ]. W. Teets Enterprises and Former Chairman, Dial Corporation: P M AMuriel "Mickie" Siebert Founder, Chairwoman, and Chief Executive Officer, Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc.: THE FIRST WOMAN OF FINANCE'S TOP TENJean-Pierre Garnier Former Chief Executive Officer, GlaxoSmithKline.:EIGHT KEYS TO THE GOOD LIFEOswaldJ. Grubel Former Chief Executive Officer, Credit SuisseGroup:75 PERCENT ABOUT THE FUTUREJames D. Robinson, III General Partner, RRE Ventures: LEADERSHIP, ONE THROUGH TENElias A. Zerhouni, M.D. Director, National Institutes of Health: THE 50/50 RULESCathie Black President, Hearst Magazines: LIVE A 360-DEGREE LIFEHowardJ. Rubenstein President, Rubenstein Associates, Inc.: A FRAMEWORKJoseph H. Flom Senior Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, MeagherlFlom: NO MAGIC FORMULAJohn E. Welch Jr. Former Chief Executive Officer, General Electric:SOMETHING THAT REALLY TURNS YOUR CRANKMaurice R. "Hank" Greenberg Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, G. V. Starr & Co.: PASSION ASSJoseph R. Gromek President and Chief Executive Officer, Warnaco Group:THE FIRST PLACE TO STARTThe Dalai Lama: LOVE AND COMPASSIONMikhail Gorbachev Former President, USSR and President, Green Cross International: ALL PEOPLE ARE BRETHRENVladimir Putin Former President, Current Prime Minister of Russia: DILIGENCE IS THE MOTHER OF SUCCESSRoh Tae Woo Former President of the Republic of Korea.: AUDACIOUSLY REALIZE FORMULATED DECISIONSKing Abdullah II King ofjordan: PROVIDE LEADERSHIP THROUGH COURAGEMohamad Mahathir Former Prime Minister of Malaysia: IT'S WORTH TRYINGNursultan NazarbayevPresident of Kazakhstan: DID I LIVE THIS DAY RIGHT?Lee Hsien Loong Prime Minister, Singapore: TO BUILD A COUNTRY FROM SCRATCHG. Allen Andreas Former Chairman and Chief Executive Oficer,ADM.- THE GREATEST EDUCATION POSSIBLELee Kuan Yew Minister Mentor, Singapore: THE OPPORTUNITIES OF GLOBALIZATIONDonaldJ. Trump- Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, the Trump Organization: THE W 0 R L D I S A B I G PLACEAnton Rupert Founder, Rembrandt Group: PROVERBSGerhard Schroder Former Chancellor, Germany: THE CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVELeo Hindery Jr. Managing Partner, InterMedia Partners: METEORS WHO LIGHT OUR WORLDLeslie E. Bains Vice Chairman, Modern Bank and Chief Executive Officer, Modern Asset Management. A WHY T 0 L I V EJean Afterman-Vice President and Assistant General Manager, New Yorkiankees:THE FINAL FORMING OF YOUR CHARACTERGiampiero Bodino Creative Director, Richemont: BE GENEROUS WITH YOUR CREATIVITYJohn J. Brennan Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, the Vanguard Group: V A L U E S MATCH A N D ADVENTUROUSNESSStefan Rojahn Chairman of the Board of Management, Wittur Holding GmbH. ASK FOR GREATER RESPONSIBILITIESDoreen A. Toben Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Verizon Communications Inc.: B ROAD E N YOUR OUTLOOKKathryn S. Wylde President and Chief Executive Officer, New York City Partnership: PARTNERSHIPS THAT CHANGE THE WORLDJames S. Turley Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ernst&Young:INTEGRITY, RESPECT, AND TEAMINGLi Ka-shin( Chairman, Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited and Hutchinson Whampoa Limited: FA I R N E S SCharles O. Holliday Jr. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, DuPont., NOT A BEAUTY CONTESTMaria Razumich-Zec Regional Vice President and General Manager, the Peninsula Hotels: YOUR REPUTATION A N D INTEGRITY ARE EVERYTHINGFarooq Kathwari Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Ethan Allen: SHAPE THE DEBATEBernd Pischetsrieder Former Chairman, Volkswagen: LISTEN UP!Shelly Lazarus Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ogilvy&MatherWorldwide.:"I'D RATHER ASK FOR FORGIVENESS THAN PERMISSION."Sanford I. Weill Chairman Emeritus, Citigroup Inc., New York.:SURFACE THAT MISTAKEBeth Brooke Global Vice Chair, Ernst & Young: USE YOUR PLATFORMRichard Holbrooke Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Vice Chairman, Perseus: T O P U B L I C S E R V I C EJohn D. Negroponte Deputy Secretary of State, United States: A LIFE IN PUBLIC SERVICEDiana DeGette Member of the United States Congress and ChiefDeputy Whip:THE BENEFIT OF CHANGING LIVESHis Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej King of Thailand.THE PURE SOULLord E. John P. Browne Former Group Chief Executive Officer, British Petroleum: B U I L D A STRONG C O R ETony Hall Chief Executive Officer, the Royal Opera House, London: MANY DIFFERENT ROLESThomas Hoving Former Curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art,NewYork.:EVERYBODY WANTS YOUDonald R. Keough Nonexecutive Chairman of the Board, Allen CCompany.:A LITTLE DECISIONDavid Rockefeller Jr. Member of the Board, Rockefeller Financial Services: D I G I NSir David Tang Chairman and Managing Director, D. WC. Tang Development Limited: A K I N G I N EVERY J 0 BJames S. Tisch President and Chief Executive Officer, Loews Corporation: GO AGAINST THE GRAINHenry Kaufman President, Henry Kaufman & Company, Inc.: PERSISTENCERaymond W. Kelly Commissioner, New York City Police Department: DEVOTE YOURSELF TOTALLYLeon M. Lederman -i988 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics and Director Emeritus, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory: TOTAL OBSESSIVE DEDICATIONDean Kamen President, DEKA Research: YOU MAKE THE CHOICERichard S. LeFrak Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, L e F r a k Organization: FOR LACK O F AN E P I P H A N YGary Mirabelle Sculptor, StricofGallery: ABSURDLY DEDICATEDJosef Ackermann Chief Executive Officer, Chairman, and Director, Deutsche Bank: STAY F O C U S E DWarren M. Washington Senior Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research: READ ABOUT THE LIVES O F GREAT CONTRIBUTORSJurgen Hambrecht Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, BASE: SOMEBODY TO HELPRobert Keith Gray Chairman, Gray & Company: YOU R MOTHER'S EXPECTATIONSStephen Joel Trachtenberg President Emeritus and University Professor of Public Service, the George Washington University: INTEGRITY, BRED IN THE BONETheodore Forstmann Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, IMG and Senior Founding Partner, Forstmann Little & Company: REAL WEALTH IS NOT PHYSICALNext page