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    Bud Langston Of Oracle: Three Things To Tell My Grandchildren

    By Brynn KoeppenFebruary 16, 2012
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    WashingtonExec asked the simple question to top area executives:

    “If you could give your kids only three pieces of advice, what would they be?”

    Bud Langston, Vice President of Oracle’s Public Sector North America sector:

    In this older season of my life reflecting on some wisdom of experience,  I would tell my grandchildren something different than what I said as a parent to my children.

    1.  In America Life is about Work and Work is about Life; so forget about retirement and find something you really love to do.

    2.  The 3 things most people try to balance in life, Career, Family & Taking Care of Yourself, put in balance will probably make you pretty average.  If you wish to achieve a degree of Greatness in any of these categories figure out which one is most important to you and convince the other two to contribute.

    For instance, I could say that Family was my first priority of my life because in a crisis they would come first, but in reality overall my military flying career was #1.  Fortunately, I was able to convince my Family that it was a noble worthwhile cause to serve our country flying off aircraft carriers, and to be a Naval Aviator required a high degree of physical fitness, so the 3 were in alignment but certainly not balanced.  I doubt any CEO of Fortune 500 company can truthfully say their Family is their first priority, but they’ve created a Family environment that is willing to support the passion for their career motivation.

    3.  I want my children and my grandchildren to be Successful in their careers but also be Significant in their lives.  To accomplish both Success & Significance they need to be good Leaders.  So I remind them that there are many attributes of good leadership, but the mandatory prerequisites of Leadership start with first being Competent, , having impeccable Character,  the courage to stand up for what they believe in, and demonstrating throughout their lives a whole lot more Humility than ego.

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