Retiring Publisher Leaves Legacy of Leadership by Example

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It's difficult contemplating a column that you know your boss doesn't want you to write.

You know he'll pick up the Sunday newspaper and wince. "Why did she have to do that?" he'll probably say to his wife, Sandy. He may even make that frowny face that means he's annoyed. He would have preferred less of a spotlight, more of a quiet exit into retirement.

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Retiring Publisher Leaves Legacy of Leadership by Example

But then you remember an important lesson this same boss taught you several years ago. How you must, with every major decision you make, project yourself into the future and imagine how that decision feels - one week from today, one month from today, one year from today.

I did that. And the decision not to write abo...

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