Who Is Your Hero? Steve Jobs? Gandhi? | Inc.com
"You are lucky in life if you have the right heroes. I advise all of you, to the extent you can, to pick out a few heroes,"—Warren Buffett, Warren Buffett Speaks (2007). We're all so jaded nowadays by any talk of heroes. Our icons keep falling from grace, in politics, business, and sports. (At least our comic book heroes seem safe for now.) Why then, you may ask, is Warren Buffett recommending that you look for heroes to study?...
Great leaders demonstrate that it is in fact okay to dream the impossible, to rebel against the mindsets of your times, as long as you are committed to relentlessly pursuing this dream.