What is the best advice you ever got?

The editors at Fortune magazine posed that question to twenty-eight business “superstars” in the
March 21, 2005 issue. For me, a handful of the responses stood out from the others.

Andy Grove, Chairman of Intel: “When 'everyone knows' something to be true, nobody knows
nothin'.”

Peter Drucker: “Get good—or get out.”

Dick Parsons, Chairman and CEO of Time Warner: “When you negotiate, leave a little something
on the table.”

Jack Welch, Former Chairman and CEO of General Electric: “Be yourself.”

What is the best advice you ever got?