Retired Colonel Frank Borman has experienced a great deal of success — in and out of this world. As an astronaut, CEO, and award-winning aircraft rebuilder, Frank’s achievements seem endless. The one success Frank singles out as his greatest is when he made world history during the Apollo 8 mission by being the first to orbit the moon. As commander of Apollo 8, with crew members Jim Lovell and Bill Anders, Frank led a mission of great historical value because it not only made future missions possible, but was also a very important achievement for the United States.

After Frank’s career as an astronaut, he went on to be the CEO of Eastern Airlines in Miami, Florida. He believes that in order to be truly successful in today’s workplace, you have to use your integrity. With integrity, a person will have good "situational ethics" and will know how to act appropriately in certain tough situations, which are almost certainly encountered throughout one’s career. He believes that you need to concentrate on having a code of ethics for yourself in order to be truly successful.

Frank suggests that one sure way to achieve success is to pick one mission, focus on it, and give the best of your ability to accomplishing that mission. Frank puts the mission, or goal, above his own desires and is willing to make huge sacrifices for the good of the organization. If the organization succeeds, then so does he.

Frank demonstrated strong leadership as the Apollo 8 commander and as CEO. He has been called a "leader’s leader." According to Frank, good leadership skills can be taught. Good leaders:

• Have integrity
• Have a certain degree of intelligence
• Have knowledge about the industry in which they are working

• Have a genuine care for people they are leading
• Are completely committed to your mission
• Subordinate personal desires for the good of the whole
• Are very clear about their goals
• Find people they can trust and then let them do their own thing

The successes that Frank has achieved in life have surely not come without sacrifice. When he was working at NASA, he was away from his family for 240 days a year for eight years. Working toward his mission was an incredible sacrifice. Frank credits a lot of his successes to the partnership with his wife. Both were committed to the overall mission.

"When you have a real partnership, you can both enjoy the successes."

Currently, Frank is winning awards for rebuilding antique wartime aircrafts. He’s also won several awards, including the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, and inductions into the International Space Hall of Fame and U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.

Frank has his share of critics, also. For a long time, he was hurt by the comments of his detractors until he decided that he couldn’t please everyone. He deals with criticism by taking what he believes is useful information that can help him and disregarding the rest.