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boastful in the shadow of our own successes, whatever they
may be. My point could end here, but it doesn't.
Rather, my argument goes one significant step further. Is
it possible that the final point is not that teams like the one
described above are humble in spite of their success, but
rather that they are successful because they are humble?
In humility we accept that we do not have all of the
answers. In humility we are open to the possibility that
another operation may do something better than we do, and
in humility we seek to learn from them. In humility we recog-
nize that, as good as we are today, we can always get better,
and in humility we never stop improving.
Humble in spite of our success? No! We succeed because we
are humble.
So here's to you, Ettore Barbatelli. Notwithstanding your
great accomplishments, humble in death as you were in life.
And thank you for 25-year-old advice that I will do my best to
follow for another 25 years or more.
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