If “Not everyone is cut to be a CEO” isn’t a truism then I don’t know what is.
Last week at the Monty Technology Summit I got inspired by the “Around The World in 45 Minutes” fireside chat with General David Petraeus which was hosted by Michael Milken. The idea came across my mind: what if there was an “accelerated” way to becoming a CEO ?
I have seen good arguments in favor of [emotional] fitness, determination, even levelheadedness described being like muscles, therefore, trainable. Those three traits I’m certain they’re part of a good CEO makeup.
CEOs, they’re both:
- abrasive yet super likable,
- uncanning yet predictable,
- direct yet rhetoric,
- semantic yet unstructured,
- unifying yet disruptive,
- a “lover” yet a fighter,
- visionary yet pragmatic,
- answering yet asking [questions],
- sophisticated yet simple,
- imposing yet friendly,
Cool site for new learning: QuantifiedSelf
Video debate of the month:
The Future of God with Sam Harris, Michael Shermer, Jean Houston and Deepak Chopra (2010)
@wolfofwallst JB and I we need to start a CEO Clinic #CEO #CEOClinic #startup #investmentbanking #careers pic.twitter.com/qJQNOBZ8l3
— Max Cantor (@FinancierGuru) March 21, 2017