Don’t rush into getting married. At age 35, I knew better where I was headed and whom I wanted to be with.
We were shocked at not being able to get pregnant. Never mind. Adoption of newborns turned out to be delightful. (We did it 16 times.)
Don’t rush into getting married. At age 35, I knew better where I was headed and whom I wanted to be with.
We were shocked at not being able to get pregnant. Never mind. Adoption of newborns turned out to be delightful. (We did it 16 times.)
In 1972, I was driving down the street with my wife in the passenger seat. Suddenly, a 10-year-old boy on a bicycle darted right in front of me. He was in a coma for six months and then died. His family sued me for $25 million. My insurance company settled the case for $200,000. I felt so awful, this event motivated my wife and me to adopt 16 newborns.
A successful leader maintains an image at all times. People are following you, and you need to always be out in front for them.
In college I was active in sports, but out in the business world, no one plays football anymore.
You must move exercise and healthy eating into the number-one position. Otherwise, you will be fighting diabetes and heart disease.
Faith became my biggest concern in life. At HBS, I dated a Mount Holyoke grad-turned-schoolteacher named Susan Heineman. She dragged me to Catholic mass every Sunday. I was a lukewarm Presbyterian, but became very interested in Catholicism. Returning to California, I enrolled in inquiry classes at St. Paul the Apostle church in Westwood. I was baptized and for years attended daily mass. It was great direction for me and for my wife.