Whatever You Are, Be a Good One: To Get from Good to Great, You Must Learn How to Get Good

Whatever You Are, Be a Good One: To Get from Good to Great, You Must Learn How to Get Good

by Stewart Emery
Released February 2010
Publisher(s): Pearson
ISBN: 9780137059928

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Book description

This Element is an excerpt from from Success Built to Last: Creating a Life that Matters (ISBN: 9780132287517) by Jerry Porras, Stewart Emery, and Mark Thompson. Available in print and digital formats.

Discover the power of becoming good at something you love to do!

Ed Penhoet co-founded Chiron, made himself into an exceptionally successful entrepreneur, and served as Chiron’s CEO until 1998. I once asked Ed what advice he could offer students starting a career. He lit up, and said, “I once got a fortune cookie that said, ‘Whatever you are, be a good one...’”

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  • Title: Whatever You Are, Be a Good One: To Get from Good to Great, You Must Learn How to Get Good
  • Author(s): Stewart Emery
  • Release date: February 2010
  • Publisher(s): Pearson
  • ISBN: 9780137059928