How do you

The following is an anecdote told by a senior academic at the farewell for the Vice-Chancellor at My Place of Work yesterday.

J, the senior academic: I asked K [the VC], how do you succeed as Vice-Chancellor?

K: Two words: Good Decisions.

J: How do you make good decisions?

K: One word: Experience.

J: And how do you get experience?

K: Two words: Bad Decisions.

At another function, I had the opportunity to ask the VC how he managed his time and stayed balanced. He told me: “8 hours sleep everyday, and take time out whenever you can.”

Good lessons.