If at the core centre quality goes down, then in all the subsidiary organisations quality will also go down. You will no longer inspire. Because no man can judge a person accurately if that person is superior than he is. So we never ask somebody who’s inferior to judge. Very seldom does an inferior person say, “He’s better than me.” Once you have weak people on top, the whole system slowly goes down. It’s inevitable. (查看原文)
He recounted commenting to his Australian hosts in 1988 after a visit to New Zealand, that “I could come back here in 100 years and I’d be sure to find this place, still green grass, still sheep and cows and wheat and fruit trees… When I project myself forward 100 years for Singapore, I cannot tell you that it will exists.” (查看原文)
原文: Q: People always say that when the economy recovers from a crisis, lessons are very soon forgotten. What is the one lesson that Singapore must learn from this recent crisis, and arising from that, what changes would you consider a must? A: There is n...
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4 有用 excliber 2019-12-09 19:21:25
要做个深度游患者
1 有用 jerry 2021-02-28 16:39:34
不如观世界,但是学到很多
0 有用 棉花坡 2021-10-27 23:38:48
杰出的现实主义者
15 有用 ficus 2018-11-15 22:13:13
李光耀的书总是值得一读
0 有用 Frank 2023-09-21 07:35:40 上海
以前除了小说之外,我很少能被吸引着读下来的,这本传记竟然就有这个“力量”,甚至于我连附录都不舍得错过。虽然有些观点我不是很认同,但绝大部分观点即使是出版十多年后的今天仍然非常值得学习