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  • I've got to see if I can get down.

  • That's the tough part.

  • I can't.

  • Hey, that's pretty good, Jack.

  • That's better than I can do.

  • Jack Welch.

  • Jack Welch.

  • Jack.

  • My name is Jack Welch.

  • I'm chairman and chief executive officer of General Electric.

  • Widely praised as a modern management genius.

  • Thank you.

  • Please welcome Jack Welch, the only man alive

  • who can catch Warren Buffett's fastball.

  • What's the best piece of advice that you can give

  • someone who would just love to tap into you right now?

  • One word: Overdeliver.

  • If I ask you to do something, I've already got in mind

  • what I'm thinking I'd like you to do.

  • You've got to do that plus make me smarter.

  • So the job of any working professional out there

  • who wants to move up in the ranks, make your boss

  • smarter, always do more than you're asked for, don't

  • just do the homework assignment, do more.

  • Crawl your way out.

  • Get out of the pile, I always call it.

  • Do something that's different.

  • Everyone is a mentor.

  • You see somebody speak, and you say, "I like the way

  • that person speaks."

  • And you sort of adapt your way of doing it.

  • And then if you are authentic.

  • Authenticity is such a value that people lose sight of.

  • Learn from everybody, but be yourself.

  • Translate it into your way of doing things, not making

  • yourself somebody you're not.

  • The first day you get the job is the beginning, not the end.

  • If you've got a boss and your boss is not recognizing

  • your contributions, you've got to have the

  • self-confidence to get in and say, "What do I have to

  • do? What am I doing wrong?"

  • Bring candor to the party right away.

  • Develop a dialogue.

  • If that doesn't work, you've got to have the

  • self-confidence to pack your bags and try it somewhere

  • else because going around your boss is a losing

  • strategy. It's not going to work.

  • So you've got to make peace there by, again,

  • overdelivering. If you're giving a manager above you,

  • making them smarter every day, making them look good

  • with their bosses, the world will turn out pretty good for you.

  • Winning is good.

  • Winning is really good.

  • Winning is wonderful.

I've got to see if I can get down.

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