10 business leadership lessons Julius Caesar could have taught us
10 business leadership lessons Julius Caesar could have taught us
Funny article, one cool bit:
7. “It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.”
The competition is the hungry kid with an idea, ambition and nothing to lose. Thirty years ago, they were Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. Five years ago, they were Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone and Evan Williams. Who’s next? Who will crush Big Advertising? Big Web? Big Print? Big Software? Big Consulting? Big Energy?
If you’re the industry leader, don’t look to your biggest competitors. Instead, look to the kids with the brains, the vision and the huevos to redefine your category and make you obsolete. Likewise, if you’re one of those kids, don’t let the big dogs intimidate you. If you have a better idea, fight for it. Make it happen. Don’t settle for what’s comfortable. Fight. The old guy playing golf with his CEO buddies every other day, he’s given up.
In the long run, my money is always on the hungry young wolf, not the fat one taking a nap in the sun.