Abstract
Life is a never-ending school and an invaluable teacher. It has taught me some simple lessons, which include: Don’t worry about tomorrow. Stay grounded despite your success. Practice polarized leadership. Ration your time. Avoid lawyers. Don’t be overly sensitive. Don’t burn bridges. You find other lessons of life in the chapter, for instance: never leave home without money. And remember: It is not enough to know, one must apply; it is not enough to want, one must do.
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A kind of early “Remain” campaign, 30 years before Brexit.
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See the portrait of Friedel Drautzburg in Simon (2008).
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“George Washington’s Leadership Secrets,” The Wall Street Journal, February 13, 2012, p. 15.
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Seneca, Von der Kürze des Lebens, Kindle-Version 2017, Position 4238.
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Seneca, Position 4401.
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German Original „Viel Feind, viel Ehr”.
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Simon, H. (2021). The School of Life. In: Many Worlds, One Life. Copernicus, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60758-6_15
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