"While iti is difficulst to distill lessons learned down to "the best," I do believe that among the most important advice I ever received was the need to think like a good journalist. In other words, before you take a position or make a decision, gather information and different perspectives. Don't be afraid to ask questions or say you don't know. Run meetings in a way in which you ask each person to offer her or his point of view. Try ot get everybody ot think about and irticulate the advantages asd disadvantages of a course of action. I find that doing things that way has greatly improved the quality of my decision making." (Christie Hefner, Chairman and CEO of playboy Enterprises, Inc.)