A Great Idea Is Not Enough.

Confidence Isn't Optimism Or Pessimism, And It's Not A Character Attribute. It's The Expectation Of A Positive Outcome.

Pessimists See Problems As Stemming From Stable And Universal Causes, Thus Making Them Less Susceptible To Corrective Action. Optimists, In Contrast, View Problems As Temporary And Resulting From Specific Factors That Will Either Change Or Be Changed.

A Basic Truth Of Management - If Not Of Life - Is That Nearly Everything Looks Like A Failure In The Middle.

America Can Restore Its Strengths As The World-respected Land Of Opportunity By Returning To Open-society Principles. An Open Society Invests In People And New Ideas, Rewards Talent And Hard Work, Values Dialogue And Learns From Dissent, Operates To High Standards With Transparent Information, Looks For Common Ground, Sees Problems As Opportunities For Creative Change, And Encourages Those Who Are Fortunate To Help Others Get The Same Chance, Because Service Is The Highest Ideal. With Such Standards In Mind, America The Beautiful Can Return To Its Admired Role As America The Principled.

The Boomers' Biggest Impact Will Be On Eliminating The Term 'retirement' And Inventing A New Stage Of Life... The New Career Arc.