The problem is, if you really believe in a society where those who merit to get to the top, get to the top, you'll also, by implication, and in a far more nasty way, believe in a society where those who deserve to get to the bottom also get to the bottom and stay there. I nother words, your position in life comes to seem not accidental, but merited and deserved. And that makes failure seem much more crushing.
The editor's job is to make the director's vision come alive.
Leadership is about making tough decisions today that will benefit future generations.
Much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on.