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Isaacson: Smart People Are Common and Usually Do Not Amount to Much
“Smart people are a dime a dozen, and they don't usually amount to much. The real key was being creative, to be able, as Steve Jobs would say, to think different and to be innovative”
Isaacson: Avoiding brutal feedback was my key failing leading CNN and Time
“I was, I mean, I had many failings as a manager when I ran Time Magazine or CNN, and one of my failings is I wasn't as comfortable being brutally honest or telling people they sucked as perhaps a stronger manager would have been.”