Leadership Lessons: 10 Keys to Success in Life and Business

Key 3

Envision Great Opportunities

 

 

"No use trying," Alice said. "One can't believe impossible things." "I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."

—Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass

In 1895, Marie Curie obtained her undergraduate degree in physics from the University of Paris. As a woman at that time, she would not be considered for a doctoral degree, even though she was at the top of her class. However, she knew that if she made a breakthrough scientific discovery, she might have ...