Letters From Leaders

Remixed by JOHN H. MOORE

Opportunity does not knock.
You have to find it.
Summer Redstone
Chairman, Viacom
p. 43

You create opportunities by performing, not complaining.
Muriel Siebert
Founder and CEO, Muriel Siebert & Co, Inc.
p. 49

Success is whatever makes you feel you’re living with purpose.
Cathie Black
President, Hearst Magazines
p. 64

A great leader needs to love
and respect people. He also needs
to be able to forgive himself and others. In other words, a leadermust have “grace.”
Leo Hindry Jr.
Managing Partner, InterMedia Partners
p.124

You will never earn the respect
of others unless they feel your respect first. And any success one achieves in the absence of respect
is shallow indeed.
James T. Turley
Chairman and CEO, Ernst & Young
p.147

Your reputation and integrity are everything. Follow through on what you say you’re going to do. Your credibility can only be built over time, and it is built from the history of your words and actions.
Maria Razumich-Zec
RVP and General Manager, The Peninsula Hotels
p.154

True leadership must have
follower-ship. Management styles can vary, but even an autocrat needs people who believe and simply
don’t follow from fear.
James D. Robinson, III
General Partner, RRE Ventures
p. 58

Be conscientious. A true leader
pays attention to the details.
So sweat the small stuff.
Howard J. Rubenstein
President,Rubenstein Associates, Inc.
p. 67

At the same time, don’t just
act as an order taker. Bring your insights and ideas to the party.
Howard J. Rubenstein
President,Rubenstein Associates, Inc.
p. 67

Take stands. Take risks.
Take responsibility.
Muriel Siebert
Founder and CEO, Muriel Siebert & Co, Inc.
p. 93

Have a view, go make something
better, get skin in the game, care
about it, and take some risks along the
way. You shouldn’t take crazy risks,
but you should take risks all the time
to improve and to prove yourself.
William Harrison Jr.
CEO, JP Morgan Chase
p.25

You should recognize that criticism is not always a put down. If you take it to heart, maybe it will guide the way you ought to be going.
Joseph H. Flom
Sr. Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
p.71

If you can’t live through adversity, you’ll never be good at what you do. You have to live through the unfair things, and you have to develop the hide to not let it bother you.
Maurice “Hank” Greenberg
CEO, C.V. Starr & Company
p.78

Whatever you choose to do, have passion for it. Stick with what you are good at, and if you aren’t good at it, don’t do it. If you don’t have passion for it, don’t do it.
Maurice “Hank” Greenberg
CEO, C.V. Starr & Company
p.77

He who does not believe in miracles is not a realist.
Anton Rupert
Founder, Rembrandt Group
p.119

A philosopher once said, “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” I would add, “He who
has a why to lead can bear
almost any trial.”
Leslie E. Bains
CEO, Modern Asset Management
p.128

I strongly believe that the responsibility of leadership is to shape the debate—to practice and project the right attributes—whether in a business enterprise, in our society, and even in our religions.
Farooq Kathwari
CEO, Ethan Allen
p.157

I urge you to do whatever it takes
to get yourself in a position where you love what you do, where you care about what you do, where you want to inspire others, build great things, do great deeds.
Shelly Lazarus
CEO, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide
p.165

Only then will you find true fulfillment. Only then will
you be a brilliant leader.
Shelly Lazarus
CEO, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide
p.165

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