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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Croak" data-source="post: 362471" data-attributes="member: 2367">Good point. People like to be "armchair" CEOs but few really understand what it takes to be a really good CEO. Before I retired, the position I held was similar to the CEO (on a smaller scale).  I used to get so frustrated with people who thought they could do the job with no experience, no training, and little innate understanding. It's like some football fans sitting in their recliner with a brew on Sunday talking about how they could be a better linebacker than A.J. Hawk. "He should have done this...He should have done that." I think most of those fans would be lost in an actual NFL program. I'm reminded of the book "Paper Lion" from years ago. An arrogant reporter learned there is more to it than "playing a game."So it is with directing a corporation. It's almost a 24/7 commitment that consumes any real life you might have. You become the Corporation. You breathe it, eat it, sleep it, have nightmares about it. When it hurts, you hurt, when it is doing well you do well. Your family life is constantly disrupted with "business calls" and urgent meetings. You end up sometimes even sleeping at the office. Granted, there are some CEOs who gain what they have by inheritance or dishonesty. I'll not defend those folks. However, many CEOs get there by being smarter, working harder or being more enterprenurial than the average person.</blockquote>

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