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When I was in high school, I lettered in math. The only thing that was important was football. There were two other letters that were awarded each year. One was in math and one was in science. I got the math one. But you didn't put it on a letter sweater and wear it around because they'd be throwing you in a wastebasket upside down on your head.
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The profession of being a creative thinker is not so obvious.
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I don't think people do anything out of fear very well. So I think the only choice is to have them intrinsically motivated.
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I went to Carnegie Mellon and was an electrical engineer, but electrical engineering wasn't right for me.
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I always found that if you handle a problem in a benevolent way and a transparent way and involve other people, so it's just not your personal opinion, that people get to the other side of these difficult conversations being more enthusiastic.
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The way I would measure leadership is this: of the people that are working with me, how many wake up in the morning thinking that the company is theirs?
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The main tenet of design thinking is empathy for the people you're trying to design for. Leadership is exactly the same thing - building empathy for the people that you're entrusted to help.
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