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.