I have been competing against IBM my whole career. It's a good company, with good management and a good team.

If you're an acquiescent, quiet management type who is not making any kind of assertive position on the company, then you're going to be a liability. The buzz is what can save you.

If you're an acquiescent, quiet management type who is not making any kind of assertive position on the company, then you're going to be a liability, ... The buzz is what can save you.

To uplift you keep company with people of good quality. whose presence calls forth your best. The greatest value of having good people around you is not what you get from them but the better person you become.

Good taste is as tiring as good company.

Keep good company - that is, go to the Louvre.