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Boost your `EQ'. (Bottom Line).


Don't overestimate o·ver·es·ti·mate  
tr.v. o·ver·es·ti·mat·ed, o·ver·es·ti·mat·ing, o·ver·es·ti·mates
1. To estimate too highly.

2. To esteem too greatly.
 the importance of networking ... don't expect a network of strangers or acquaintances to lay the path to your success. Execution--performance--is the bottom line measure for everything we attempt to do. To be successful, our EQ, or execution quotient quotient - The number obtained by dividing one number (the "numerator") by another (the "denominator"). If both numbers are rational then the result will also be rational. , must equal our IQ. This is something I stress to American Express American Express (NYSE: AXP), sometimes known as "AmEx" or "Amex", is a diversified global financial services company, headquartered in New York City. The company is best known for its credit card, charge card and traveler's cheque businesses.  employees around the world. Network off of your performance."
--Kenneth I. Chenault
American Express CEO


Excerpted from Take A Lesson: Today's Black Achievers on How They Made It & What They Learned Along the Way by Caroline V. Clarke (John Wiley John Wiley may refer to:
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  • John C. Wiley, American ambassador
  • John D. Wiley, Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • John M. Wiley (1846–1912), U.S.
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Title Annotation:execution quotient
Author:Chenault, Kenneth I.
Publication:Black Enterprise
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Mar 1, 2002
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