My experience (and from talking to others) is that it will take you 2 or 3 times as long as you think it will take to succeed after Business School.
He did succeed soon after when Gavin Thomas was penalised for coming in from the side to give the Ospreys the lead.
The 44-year-old emerged as favourite to succeed Anderson after guiding the Dragons to last year's Challenge Cup final at Wembley.
Fred Hassan , the chairman and CEO of Pharmacia (nyse: PHA - news - people ), is widely expected to succeed him after that drug firm is bought by Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ).
Perhaps they will succeed together: after all, the two firms have a joint venture, Phogenix, which makes digital photo-finishing equipment.
Some say Home Secretary Theresa May has aspirations to succeed her boss, after she gave a speech that ranged well beyond her brief at a previous gathering of the rank and file.
Speculation that Mr. Sokol would succeed Mr. Buffett intensified after the billionaire investor put Mr. Sokol in charge of struggling NetJets.
Eisner had ruled at Disney since 1984 and board members constantly worried about who would succeed the executive, especially after his 1994 heart attack.
If the Doha round is to succeed, talk must resume very soon after that since President Bush will lose his current authority from Congress to negotiate trade deals next July.
After struggling in the league his first two seasons, with character concerns causing doubts about his ability to succeed, Stephenson quieted critics when he stepped into a starting role after shooting guard Danny Granger went down with an injury this season.
It makes the race to succeed President John Kufuor, who steps down after serving two terms, a close one.
Private equity firms that succeed in generating top-quartile returns deal after deal must do much more than ride favorable market currents.
President Barack Obama chose the Massachusetts Democrat to succeed Hillary Clinton, who is stepping down after four years, as his top diplomat.
Earlier this month the company unvelied Eric Prescott as chief executive to succeed Hew Balfour, who quit in March after 21 years in the job.
And then there's good old fashioned panic: In a 2009 study, Jordet found that players who approach the ball less than 0.2 seconds after the referee blows the whistle succeed on less than half of their kicks compared with players who take longer (they score on 80%).
Some of the professors were skeptical a woman could succeed in engineering, and the prejudice persisted long after her grades proved real aptitude for the profession.
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Mr Assad, who trained as an eye doctor, never wanted to succeed his father but was made heir-apparent after his elder brother's death in a car crash.
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After all, more startups fail than succeed.
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Pending Senate confirmation, he would succeed retired General David Petraeus, who resigned in November after admitting to an extramarital affair with his biographer.
The two City Hall regulars failed to bring much sparkle to the contest to succeed Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who exits office July 1 after two up-and-down terms.
But after the fuss France made to ensure he will succeed Wim Duisenberg at the European Central Bank, that is hard to imagine.
Mr Zeman effectively retired from politics in 2003, after failing to beat Mr Klaus in the election to succeed Vaclav Havel as president.
Although Ms Banda was elected as Bingu wa Mutharika's running mate, the pair had fallen out long before he died of a heart attack last April, after it became apparent that he wanted his brother to succeed him.
Neil Meron and Craig Zadan, producers of the Oscars, asked McLane if he'd lend his expertise after impressing them with his work on "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" with Daniel Radcliffe, a show they also produced.
People ask me what is coming after Kitty, and I always say, only Kitty can succeed Kitty.
If it was to succeed, it needed outsiders to keep up the same degree of pressure after it was signed.
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Storrie also denied he was disappointed not to succeed with his own takeover attempt, with Al Fahim finally taking control after a drawn-out process.
To succeed, Iraqi security forces will have to deal with insurgents who month after month have been systematically planting roadside bombs, assassinating officials and attacking the infrastructure.
If the approach were to succeed, it would be the world's second-biggest takeover deal after mobile phone giant Vodafone's purchase of Mannesmann in 2000.
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