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My Dad Was An Editor And A Writer, And That's Actually What I Aspired To Be.

I Learned How To Be A Learner. When You Get In A Job, The Tendency Is To Say, 'i've Got To Know It. I've Got To Give Direction To Others. I'm In This Job Because I'm Better And Smarter.' I Always Took A Different View, That The Key Was To Identify The People Who Really Knew And Learn From Them.

I Worked In Sales. It Was Definable, It Had A Quantifiable Approach To Accomplishment That Had A Great Deal Of Importance To Me. It Had A Degree Of Clarity That I Loved. And Of Course, It Was Core.

I'm At The Gym At 6, So I'm Usually In My Office By 7:15. And I Try To Not Schedule A Lot Of Meetings Before 8. So I've Got That First Hour To Get Myself Organized For The Day And To Make Sure That I've Structured What I Want To Do.

When I Became Ceo Of Xerox 10 Years Ago, The Company's Situation Was Dire. Debt Was Mounting, The Stock Sinking And Bankers Were Calling. People Urged Me To Declare Bankruptcy, But I Felt Personally Responsible For Tens Of Thousands Of Employees.