Quote of The Week #134 (Jeffrey Immelt)

[Boris]

You have to have a plan. You have to stick to it. You have to modify it at times, but every day you've got to get up and play hard. Jack [Welch] used to see me running around, even after he left, and he'd say to me, "Remember, it's a marathon. Ten years. Fifteen years. You've got to get up every day with a new idea, a new spin, and you've got to bring it in here every day." I always kind of knew that, but until you're right in the middle of it, you never get it. His advice was right. It's the sustained ability to change that really counts.

- Jeffrey Immelt, CEO of General Electric (from the book "Excellence")