Corps Values

1/9/2011

In rereading former Marine, Governor Zell Miller's book, "Corps Values," he wrote of an old Marine Corps maxim that fits at Riverside as well - "Equal opportunity for all; special privilege for none."

As I compile notes for my next book, I will share some very rough excerpts:

"Successful leaders are often characterized by:

- Being frustrated at things others don't even observe,

- A mere tolerance for vacations,

- A life of arduous hours,

- A preference for perfection but a learned willingness to settle for excellence,

- A full measure of impatience,

- A healthy instinct for pessimism that permits them to avoid surprises,

- Being hard to satisfy and feeling frustrated that others do not always do things to the expected standard and with the same urgency as self."