Chapter 11. The dynamics of succession
If you shoot at a king you must kill him. | ||
| --RALPH WALDO EMERSON | ||
Young men think all old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools. | ||
| --GEORGE CHAPMAN | ||
It’s never too late to be what you might have been. | ||
| --GEORGE ELIOT | ||
Some people turn into good wine as they age; others, becoming increasingly sour with each passing year, turn into vinegar. As I’ve heard it said, some people immature with age. Executives as a group have as much trouble (if not more) with the process of aging as does the larger population.
Many centuries ago the following lines were written:
Midway in our life’s journey, I went astray from the straight road and woke to find myself alone in a dark wood. How shall I say what wood that ...
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