>> The Number 1 tip that - I do some mentoring at NASA.
And the Number 1 tip that I give to folks -- other than that it's all about people --
is - I worked for United Technologies Corporation,
a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation, and they had a bunch
of leadership traits, one of which was Number 30.
I remember it on the list.
It said, "Making a decision work once made, despite the fact that you didn't agree
with that decision prior to it being made."
And I find career-wise that is one of the most challenging thing for people to do --
to state their case, have their day in court, be heard, and then have a decision made
that wasn't the one that they were recommending --
and not only living with it but actively supporting it.
And it really - in business it really separates those that ultimately are successful --
or those that I say "get it" -- and those that don't.
And the bosses above you recognize that.
It becomes very obvious.
And personally I think worse than opposing a decision is to only passively support it.
You have to actively support it -- very, very challenging if it's something that,
you know, your heart wasn't in before.
But it's, you know, one of the things that you have to do.