And learn that when you do make a mistake, you'll surface that mistake so you can get it corrected, rather than trying to hide it and bury it, and it becomes a much bigger mistake, and maybe a fatal mistake.
Sanford Weill
One of the people that I respect the most now, a person I think has done a heck of a lot for this world as a leader, is Margaret Thatcher. She helped create a world that offers us a lot of excitement as we look to the next century.
people
The more we can do to create a better society, that benefits more people, the better chance we have that our society will continue to grow and prosper.
chance benefits people society
I've had a terrific life, from building one company to be the second largest company in the securities industry and merging that into American Express, and becoming president of that company.
life
And I thought I'd always like some form of business, I didn't know what kind of business I'd go in.
business
My mother really didn't know a heck of a lot about business. She was a very good mother, that made sure we ate right and we had our cod liver oil, but didn't know a heck of a lot about what I did.
rights business
So it's the kind of business where you can't wait to get up in the morning and read the papers, or listen to what's on the news, and you know, how the world's going to change.
change business
It's the new management's job to look at the world as it changes, and how do we look at change and take advantage of change, rather than put our head in the ground.
change
What turned me on then, and turns me on even today - and when the time comes from me to retire from management I think I'd still be interested in it - is that everything that happens in the world affects the price of securities.
thetimes time
I remember the mentoring experiences of some teachers that I had, like a second term home room teacher in public school that really was very helpful to me.
home the-public experience
I think the American Dream says that anything can happen if you work hard enough at it and are persistent, and have some ability. The sky is the limit to what you can build, and what can happen to you and your family.
dreams ability buildup american-dream work family
I think we are a product of all our experiences.
products experience
Our company is working with Disney to create a game for children between the ages of maybe four and 12, so we can teach them what the capitalist system is all about.
age system game games
If a person is not willing to make a mistake, you're never going to do anything right.
rights mistakes
mistakes
I think Latin has some logic to it and there was a discipline.
discipline
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