I remember the mentoring experiences of some teachers that I had, like a second term home room teacher in public school that really was very helpful to me.
From Sanford I. Weill
If we build something great, like we have at Travelers Group so far, a whole host of people benefit.
And when we used to play and fight in the streets in Brooklyn and I would get hurt or something, my mother would always come out and save me. So that sort of postponed the inevitable about getting a good beating, without having somebody to come and save you.
I read a lot, but I read about the areas that I'm interested in.
What turned me on then, and turns me on even today - and when the time comes from me to retire from management I think I'd still be interested in it - is that everything that happens in the world affects the price of securities.
If a person is not willing to make a mistake, you're never going to do anything right.
And learn that when you do make a mistake, you'll surface that mistake so you can get it corrected, rather than trying to hide it and bury it, and it becomes a much bigger mistake, and maybe a fatal mistake.
From the business point of view, always encouraging the people in our company to own stock in the company, and if we're going to build something great, to have a lot of people share in the benefits of that greatness.
I believe in giving back very strongly.
And I thought I'd always like some form of business, I didn't know what kind of business I'd go in.
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