Tony James

Make sure you've got lifelong learning.

Make sure you're empowered to do stuff and take risks.

Make sure if you take smart risks, your firm's got your back.

And then...

You know, roll the dice and be lucky.

I mean, I'm so lucky to have had incredibly talented people playing their hearts out

for the firm, but for me.

I'm only as good as they are, right?

And if they play their hearts out and do really well, I benefit.

And I think they always knew at the end of the day, no matter what, I was out for the firm first, never for myself.

And that created a sense for them of,

loyalty and trust because none of them, if you're out for the firm, they don't really want undue rewards.

They just want fair rewards.

And then if you can captain a winning team and it carries everyone along, it's a virtuous circle.