The CEO Difference: How to Climb, Crawl, and Leap Your Way to the Next Level of Your Career

CONCLUSION

MY DEFINITION of hell: you are on your deathbed, and someone brings in a flash drive, sticks it into your laptop, and shows you a video of all you could have done and could have been in your life—all the things you could have accomplished but you didn’t go for. To that end, I’m always striving to do more and do better. I think you must feel the same way.

So this is what I hope you get out of my book: tangible steps to differentiate yourself, the know-how to do more than you thought you could, a friendly cajole and provocation to be your best, and permission to behave differently than your mom and dad taught you (if necessary).

If you’re not already confident and optimistic, I also hope you become more self-aware and change how you ...