An old but proven method of relaying news (or propagandas) for the masses
Alfred Sirleaf's 'Daily Talk' newspaper reaches thousands of Liberians every day but only ever produces one copy. How does he do it? By writing the day's biggest stories on a large blackboard beside a busy road in the capital
passing onto one another...
a leader i admire for his humbleness, passion and purple
To: all yahoos
Fr: Jerry
Subject: updateyahoos -i wanted to address all of you on the news we've just announced. the
board of directors and I have agreed to initiate a succession process
for the ceo role of yahoo!. roy bostock, our chairman of the board, is
leading the effort to identify and assess potential candidates for
consideration by the full board. the board will be evaluating and
considering both internal and external candidates and has retained
heidrick and struggles to help in this effort.i will be participating in the search for my successor, and i will
continue as ceo until the board selects a new ceo. once a successor is
named, i will return to my previous role as chief yahoo and continue
to serve as a director on the board.last june, i accepted the board's request that i assume the ceo role
to restructure and reposition the company as a whole in order to more
effectively meet the fast-changing needs of both users and partners.
since taking on the ceo role, i have had an ongoing dialogue with the
board about succession timing. thanks in large measure to your
tireless efforts, we have created a more open, competitive yahoo! and
we believe the time is now right to transition to a new ceo who can
take the company to the next level.despite the external environment we face, the fact remains that yahoo!
is now a significantly different company that is stronger in many ways
than it was just 18 months ago. this only makes it all the more
essential that we manage this opportunity to leverage the progress up
to this point as effectively as possible. i strongly believe that
having transformed our platform and better aligned costs and revenues,
we have a unique window for the right ceo to take ownership over the
next wave of mission-critical decisions facing the company.all of you know that I have always, and will always bleed purple. i
will always do what I think is right for this great company. while
this step will be an adjustment for all of us, i know it's the right
one. i look forward to updating you on this process as soon as the
board has developments to share, and will continue to do everything i
can to make yahoo! fulfill its full potential.thank you,
jerry
Escapes from mishaps. In a month's time, I could have been seriously injured twice.
Perfection is almost unattainable. Capitalism has pros which other political systems such as communism and socialism might not have.
Finally, I am starting my blog. I will be writing on various topics but with focus on failure, entrepreneurship and activism.
My first post will be about one of my favorite speeches. It is by JK Rowling who wrote top hit Harry Potter series.
I had no idea then how far the tunnel extended, and for a long time, any light at the end of it was a hope rather than a reality.
Full transcript here: http://harvardmagazine.com/commencement/the-fringe-benefits-failure-the-importance-imagination
Failures are usually ridiculed instead of being embraced, especially in Asian society. As a result, consequences of a failure are exaggerated exacerbated.
As Ms Rowling has pointed out, there is silver lining in a failure, there is another perspective to a failure. Only through failures, lessons are learned, skin is thickened, excess is shed, and stamina is toughened.
Fear for failures would be counter-productive. As long as failure is not embraced, we would be just prisoners of this fear.
I have learnt it with a serious setback. Failure - here I come.