If you haven't already...and you want to learn from other greats - whether from the sports industry or business/ IT etc... you should treat yourself to this week's Business Week.

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One of my BIG things is to fast track learning by learning from the experiences and mistakes of others... and when a magazine pulls together the thinking from some of the folks I respect, it can't be all bad (can it?).

Some nuggets from Joe Torre, the baseball great coach, on winning and leading.

  •  'anybody who is not afraid to fail is a winner... a winner is someone who goes out their everyday and exhausts him/herself trying to get something accomplished'
    • I really like this...  at MS, I am fortunate to be surrounded a lot of people who want to do their best... whether it is to help their customer or partner, their team/group or just for themselves personally... whether you believe it or not, most microsofties really do want to help companies and normal folks to succeed or dare I say it.. to realize their potential(!) 
  • Joe shares about the importance of ensuring (your) people feel necessary, even if their contribution is minor, it adds to everything thing else
    • as one of my work-mates said to me yesterday,  you can tell a lot about a person on seeing how he/she treats the waiting staff in a cafe or restaurant.. it made me think... am i always pleasant to the people I work with? the guy/girl who serves the latte's, the temp/contractor in our office or the cleaner who tidies the offices at the end of the day? I am sure you all are!! As my mum would say, this is only good manners anyway, isn't it?

There's lots more great articles and insights to be had from this magazine...but as I should keep my postings short, I will sign off for now :o)