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Successful people are self-aware enough to avoid the following three impediments to effective leadership. The belief that you’re right, no matter what. “I absolutely know the answer, and I’m not going to change my mind, even if new evidence comes to light.” Rigid thinking like this doesn’t cut it. I say that from my own experience, because business at the level where I like to operate is marked by constant turbulence. I need to be able to zig and zag opportunistically, even if it requires completely rethinking a former premise.
How to Make a Few Billion Dollars
Brad Jacobs
Chasing vs. having. Another deception identified by the Stoics: when we work toward a goal, we imagine the happiness that its attainment will bring; but the pursuit itself turns out to be more enjoyable than the capture of the thing pursued.
The Practicing Stoic
Ward Farnsworth
There was one investor who I think really wanted to run the company. He had just sold his own startup, and he was pretty young. It wvas hard for him to just be a passive investor. For a while he actually came to work for us, as a VP.
You know, in retrospect I think the big problen with our investors was that we weren't forceful enough with them. I think investors like to be bossed around, like horses. It reassures them when you're in control. But these were much older than us and had given us huge sums of their money, so it was hard for us to boss them around.
Founders at Work
Jessica Livingston
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