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great job, you have to have faith that there are many at-
tractive opportunities outside your fi rm.
In some cases, I advise people to become experts in
some specifi c business area in order to build their confi -
dence. I also encourage people to spend more time decid-
ing what they truly believe versus trying to guess what
the boss might want to hear. At work, as in competitive
sports, you must play with confi dence and even a little
abandon. I’ve talked to several executives whose fi nest
moments came when they gathered their courage and
confi dently expressed disagreement with their boss and
peers. To their surprise, they found that they were treated
with more respect after these episodes.
Most outstanding CEOs value emerging ...