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...then do we determine who is greatest? Method 2: The Gap. Situate each among his contemporaries. Who towers? Who is, like the U.S. today, a hyperpower with no second in sight...
...only did Michael Jordan play a game of basketball so beautiful that it defied physics, but he racked up numbers that put him in a league of his own. Jordan has averaged 31 points a game, a huge gap over the (future) Hall of Famers he played against (e.g., Karl Malone, 25.7; Charles Barkley...
...Spielberg's edgiest action movie yet. They will also see that his talent for blending extraordinary visions with everyday familiarity remains intact. Twenty years ago, he showed us an extraterrestrial with a taste for Reese's Pieces. This summer Cruise's 21st century crime fighter walks into a Gap that knows everything about its customers, thanks to retinal-identification scans. "I use [products] in science fiction to ground the audience," he explains. "There are certain iconic images that will pull you back down to earth...
...help fill this education gap, One Thousand Churches gives preachers a list of biblical passages on financial planning. The program's fee also covers a three-day crash course for pastors at the N.Y.S.E. In April, in a gilded conference room at the 250-year-old exchange, dozens of black ministers were immersed in Wall Street vocabulary--syndicate, suitability, zero-coupon bond--before taking a tour around the trading floor...
Although they have counseled many CEOs, the authors define leadership broadly to include political figures and even parents. "You disturb people when you take unpopular initiatives in your community, put provocative new ideas on the table in your organization, question the gap between colleagues' values and behavior, or ask friends and relatives to face up to tough realities," they write. "You risk people's ire and make yourself vulnerable. Exercising leadership can get you into a lot of trouble." The problem isn't just change; it's fear of loss. Says Heifetz: "People love change when they know...