This world isn't a battlefield. Someday you will realise how your success depends on a bunch of other people and that day you will be wiser. You will know how connected we all are. Either we all make it or none of us does.

Having a succession and legacy plan in place will make you ready for forced changes due to circumstances beyond your control, like death, any form of incapacity, sudden changes in laws and regulations and even corporate scandals and moral failure.

It is the challenge for every leader to develop and invest in those he depends on, to ensure his or her vision is realized in the way it has been put upon the leader’s heart. These key people will enhance the success or taint the leadership image and brand of the visionary.

This landscape is animate: it moves, transposes, builds, proceeds, shifts, always going on, never coming back, and one can only retain it in vignettes, impressions caught in a flash, flipped through in succession, leaving a richness of images imprinted on a sunburned retina.

“It is an honor to win again this award for our annual report, which is our prime marketing piece. We are pleased that the judges agreed with us that the report does an excellent job in highlighting the many recent economic development successes of High Point.”

“I was shocked. I knew they could do well, but I was shocked. To be able to tell every one of my kids, it brings tears to my eyes for every one of them to know they were successful in at least one aspect of the test.”

“Seeing her in P.E., she's just the type of person, because she's such an all-around athlete, you just want her on your team. She's been amazing. She's a good kid. To see her successful, it's amazing.”

“Absolutely yes, I feel like the winner because G4 are doing so well. As well as doing a second album and having a successful tour, they've done duets with people like Cliff Richard, Robin Gibb and Lesley Garrett.”

“IP network implementations are an important component of our total solution set. As we roll out increasingly sophisticated IPTV and Set Top Box solutions, these advanced IP networking skills will be critical to ensuring successful video technology implementations.”

“How many superstars have we had in music that didn't need, and think about this, that didn't need laser lights and an accompanying show of glitter and glamour to be successful? ... The Beatles were four guys with guitars and drums, and their music stands alone.”