One Step at a Time

"The real world, whether in business or government, requires that you don't jump to the endgame [or] to success right away. You do it piece by piece. Some people get immobilized when they come to a roadblock. My answer is, 'You know, it's a shame it's there, but now where else can we go? Let's just do it’."

(Michael R. Bloomberg. Mayor of New York City and founder of Bloomberg LP, in “The CEO Mayor; How New York's Mike Bloomberg is Creating a New Model for Public Service that Places Pragmatism Before Politics,” by Tom Lowry. Business Week: June 25, 2007. , Iss. 4040; pg. 58)