Be obsessed with continuous improvement
Some CEOs do better than others in taking risks and being aggressive with their goals, but they all share this common characteristic, to be better than present, regardless of their appetite for risk.
Developers and many of us who work in technology share this characteristic too, which is why technology is always advancing and making our lives easier and better. You can bring this characteristic to your day-to-day work; when you see an inefficiency in a system or a process or code, make it your job to improve it.
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