Be persistent, and hang on to your vision. And at the same time, be flexible.
Interpretation
Stay committed to your goals while also being adaptable to change.
This quote emphasizes the importance of persistence in pursuing one's vision or goals while also recognizing that flexibility is crucial. It suggests that while determination is key to success, one must also be willing to adjust their plans and strategies in response to new information or changing circumstances.
In practice
In a motivational speech to a team facing challenges in a project.
Leaders, whether in the public or the private sphere, must understand the responsibilities that come with their role. They are the most visible standard-bearers of their organizations. Holding them accountable to this responsibility protects the promise of our organizations and our communities.
The same instincts that make us good students can make us lousy entrepreneurs.
The entrepreneurial journey starts with jumping off a cliff and assembling an airplane on the way down.
Any effort to make the death penalty speedier and less costly - more 'efficient' - will inevitably make it less just.
I've long believed that if you're not embarrassed by your first product release, you've released too late.
Good ideas need good strategy to realize their potential.
When an opportunity comes, it holds possibilities. And when you move away from it or don't sense it or grasp it, you're really throwing away your future; you're throwing away your tomorrow.
You have to have the fighting spirit. You have to force moves and take chances
During the first few minutes in lift-off, the astronauts were strictly controlled and were powerfully buffeted by the forces of nature struggling to keep them on earth. This is somewhat comparable to the pull of the flesh when our alarm goes off early in the morning. Unless we put "mind over mattress" and carry out the resolves made the night before, we will experience our first defeat that day. Not sufficient to finish. Mission aborted.
Questions provide the key to unlocking our unlimited potential.
My message going forward is that I want to remind everyone in the aviation industry - especially those who manage aviation companies and those who regulate aviation - that we owe it to our passengers to keep learning how to do it better.
I always thought that record would stand until it was broken.
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