{"id":130,"date":"2008-08-04T06:52:27","date_gmt":"2008-08-04T11:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=130"},"modified":"2008-08-04T06:52:27","modified_gmt":"2008-08-04T11:52:27","slug":"grit-and-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2008\/08\/04\/grit-and-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"Grit And Vision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nice advice from AT&amp;T CEO.<br \/>\nfrom <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/tech\/wireless\/phones\/2008-07-31-att-iphone-stephenson-apple_N.htm\">this<\/a> interview.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Stephenson says his former boss taught him a lot about <strong>the importance of standing firm on a vision and taking the long-term view.<\/strong> It&#8217;s a mindset and a business approach that continues, he says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inside-copy\">Sounding a lot like his former boss, Stephenson says <strong>it takes grit, a steady vision and, at times, a strong stomach to grab opportunity by the throat. <\/strong>That&#8217;s true, he says, whether the goal is a new partnership or a big global acquisition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"inside-copy\"><strong>&#8220;If you&#8217;re not pushing forward hard, nothing happens,&#8221;<\/strong> Stephenson says. <strong>&#8220;You don&#8217;t do that by making little incremental moves. You&#8217;ve got to make big moves.&#8221; <\/strong>Considering his words, he quickly adds, <strong>&#8220;You&#8217;ve just got to be right more than you&#8217;re wrong.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"inside-copy\">\n<p class=\"inside-copy\">\n<p class=\"inside-copy\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nice advice from AT&amp;T CEO. from this interview. Stephenson says his former boss taught him a lot about the importance of standing firm on a vision and taking the long-term view. It&#8217;s a mindset and a business approach that continues, he says. Sounding a lot like his former boss, Stephenson says it takes grit, a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2008\/08\/04\/grit-and-vision\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Grit And Vision&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reposts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}