Introspective Guru Gifts

'Thinking INSIDE the box is actually quite underrated!'

"It's a memo from the legal department reminding us to (heh-heh), 'keep our noses clean'."

'I'm judging by your silence Al that you're giving me the green light on the Greenwich project. I just want to say that I admire your leadership. I guess that's why you've been running this company for 20 years.'

Sir Winston Churchill

'His best qualities are circumventing questions and evading answers.'

"Let me slip into something a little more thoughtful."

"That's our house, that's Mommy going to work, and that's you, staring out the window, wondering where it all went wrong."

'You realize, we can't use the 'benign neglect' method for everything.'

"I suppose just climbing the greasy pole is no longer an option..."

'The downside to my meteoric rise to the top is that I didn't have the opportunity to step on many people.'

The Dubloon Stops Here

'I'm afraid you don't have the leadership qualities we're seeking.'

Teamwork!

"Hey! If you're here to marvel at the smallness of your existence within a glorious, vast and unknowable universe, there's a line!"

That midnight hour when fleeting memories come home to roost.

Trilby - 'The old studio'.

"Then one day, as I caught a tennis ball in midair, I asked myself, 'Is this all there is?'"

"Sometimes I like to come here by myself and contemplate ... or just scream about you."

X-ray Psychology.

"Talking to your own reflection? Even your imagination is pathetic."

'Instead of a raise, Yomp, you may call me 'Chief', instead of Mr Staghorn.'

'Betty liked the way her house provided lots of private space.'

"Oh good, more time alone for quiet reflection."

'I had to overcome stereotypical misunderstandings about who makes a good leader.'

"It's hard not to take a mutiny personally."

'Hey! What's the big idea!?!'

Now may not be a good time,he just found out he's not going to live forever.

'You must heal yourself.'

'Our Board of Directors are really very fickle!'

Go slow delegating authority. First learn how to delegate blame.

"Is this who I am?"

The House of Commons.

Decision Making Block

'Ms. Blumter, please get me a copy of Educational Leadership for Dummies.'

'Don't worry, Dad. I'm going to turn this company around 360 degrees!'