Merril Dubrow: My name is Merrill Dubrow, CEO of M/A/R/C Research and a 35-plus-year veteran of the Insights committee and a host of our podcast on the M/A/R/C. Welcome to another Merrill-ISM segment. Today's segment is "Thanks, Ed. Appreciate you sharing." Let me start by saying I have lots of people who share articles. Many if not all, do it by texting or emailing me a link. One person who of my life is temperate, more creative. Perhaps, maybe you would say old school. And he without question, stands out. His name? Ed Schuck. An industry contact that I met in the 80s. That's right, the 80s. I've had so many memorable experience with him. In fact, I saw him less than a year ago when he visited Dallas and we went to a Rangers game and had a blast at Oaks. Anyway, Ed sends me this article the old-fashioned way. Wait for it, by mail. I'm not kidding you, by mail. Thanks, Ed. And the article was written by Fay Vincent. It was "10 tips for New Executives." It was dated 2014. Ed's a collector and he always has interesting stuff that he sends. Anyway, I read the article, processed the information. I found some of it really cool and interesting. Here are the 10 tips. The less you can find in others in the organization, the better it will go with you. Number 2, be sure to manage down. Number 3, leadership is a full-time job. Number 4, keep listening to and for advice. Number 5, the wisecrack you believe is witty, is often not. Number 6, the important thing is to be sure the important thing remains the important thing is a mouthful. Number 7, is never complain. Number 8, trust your professional advisors and accept their expertise. Number 9, be careful of the use of the word average. And number 10, it's a cliche but true. Never do or say anything that you would be unhappy to see written about on a newspaper front page. And again, it was dated from 2014. It was 10 tips for new exec. All interesting points. Thought provoking for sure. Who knows, perhaps even some, I don't know, can stir a debate. However, a few stood out to me above the rest. Leadership is a full time job is the first. With the economy being what it has been in the last three or four years, your leadership ability has been challenged more than ever, daily, if not hourly decisions are needed to be made and are critical to your enterprise. When you're a CEO, all roads lead to you. When others give their opinion about a decision. Then they look to the CEO to make the final decision. I say be a leader 24/7, 365. Your company needs you more than ever. The second one that stood out is it's a combo of a couple. Trust your professional advisors and accept their expertise and keep listening to for advice. A leader is a true leader if they listen all the facts, opinions and quickly connect the dots and clearly see a path/decision to move forward. My belief is leaders and companies that rely on one person will limit the growth of that company in the long run 100%. What do you think the list that I provided? Do you agree with my couple that stood out? My name is Merrill Dubrow. Thanks for listening to today's podcast. Today's segment is, Thanks, Ed. Appreciate you sharing. Stay well. Stay safe. And please stay in touch.