The Best Advice I Ever Got

This article that featured in Fortune, chronicles the best advices that great names in business and industry ever got in their lifetime. I quote some advices that I found to be profound.
Warren Buffet, Berkshire Hathaway (Ben Graham)
You are right not because others agree with you, but because your facts and reasoning is right.

Richard Branson, Virgin Group (Freddie Laker)
Make a fool of yourself, otherwise you wont survive.

Dick Parsons, CEO Time Warner (Steve Ross)
When you negotiate, leave a little something on the table.

Andy Grove, Chairman Intel (A.X Schmidt)
When "everyone knows" something to be true, nobody knows nothing.

Anne Mulcahy, CEO Xerox (Albert C Black Jr.)
When everything gets really complicated, you gotta do three things. First, get the cow out of the ditch. Second, find out how the cow got into the ditch. Third, make sure you do whatever it takes so the cow doesnt get into the ditch again.

Ted Turner, Founder CNN (Father)
Start young.

Peter Drucker, Consultant (Boss on first job)
Get good - or get out.