Picard and a Key Lesson on Leadership
“My favorite Star Trek episode is “Attached.”
Dr. Crusher and Captain Picard can hear each others thoughts. They’re lost in a desert. Picard stops, he looks around, and confidently proclaims, “This way.” Dr. Crusher knows that the Captain has no clue which way to go and she calls him on it. Captain Picard doles out some great advice. He tells her that being Captain doesn’t mean he has all the answers but it does mean that he has to lead. Even if he doesn’t know which way to go right now, he must decide. The point is, he has the confidence to know that he’ll figure it out soon.”
-Biz Stone
“To dream anything that you want to dream. That’s the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do. That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits. That is the courage to succeed.”
Bernard Edmonds
Nietzsche’s “Thus Spoke Zarathustra”
“Humanity isn’t an end, it’s a fork in the road, and you have two options: “Animal” and “Superman”.
For some reason, people keep going left, the easy way, the way back to where we came from. Fuck ‘em. Other people just stand there, staring at the signposts, as if they’re going to come alive and tell them what to do or something.
Dude, the sign says fucking “SUPERMAN”.
How much more of a clue do these assholes want?
How does that not sound awesome?
But they’re paralyzed by their fear – “But, that road looks hard to walk.” It IS hard, dipshit, but that’s what makes it worth it! Fuck.”