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LBJ Library photo by Yoichi Okamoto
Just win tomorrow, baby
Change can be difficult, and sometimes it can feel punitive, but it’s crucial to the process of leaving those bad yesterdays behind.
I ’m a student of Lyndon B. Johnson. Being the father of a seventh-generation Texan (through his mother’s line), has at times inspired me to embrace my adopted state more than would appear reasonable. As such, one of my personal joys over the past few years has been reading and watching everything I could find about our 36th president, despite personally aligning with a much more conservative approach.
Will Schnier GUEST SPEAKER
Over the past year I have shared with great transparency my thoughts about the items on which we’re working to improve. That transparency is consistent with the way that we strive to run our firm. Every step of the way I’ve focused not on punishing the wrongs, but on “Every step of the way I’ve focused not on punishing the wrongs, but on fixing the underlying causes to prevent the same problems from reoccurring.”
On one memorable occasion, my wife and I had the opportunity to tour his Texas White House. Would you believe the man had a telephone sitting on every piece of furniture in every room of the place? He was a social animal before social media was a thing! He was also wise, as this quote by him amply illustrates: “Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.” This quote has been especially comforting for me as an executive experiencing many growth- related challenges for the first time. LBJ saw a lot of change. He’d be the first to tell you that change is hard. Depending on the circumstances, he may have even told you whilst you were on the receiving end of the famous “Johnson Treatment.”
See WILL SCHNIER, page 10
THE ZWEIG LETTER May 14, 2018, ISSUE 1248
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