If you don’t have these feelings, I do not know how you can lead anyone. I have spent many sleepless nights trying to figure out how I was going to phase out certain players for whom I had strong feelings, but that was my job. I wasn’t hired to do anything but win.
BILL WALSHI often think about the class differences involved in “jobs” vs. “careers.”
More Bill Walsh Quotes
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Strength of will – is essential to your survival and success. The competitor who won’t go away, who won’t stay down, has one of the most formidable competitive advantages of all.
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90 percent of the time the terms are misused or unnecessary. Not every image obtained from a computer is a screen shot.
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Everybody’s got an opinion. Leaders are paid to make a decision. The difference between offering an opinion and making a decision is the difference between working for the leader and being the leader.
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The proper use of commas is often more art than science.
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As the leader, part of the job is to be visible and willing to communicate with everyone
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I caution against beginning or ending a quotation with ellipses
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Your attitude will unlock the mystery of success you seek!
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Your enthusiasm becomes their enthusiasm; your lukewarm presentation becomes their lukewarm interest in what you’re offering.
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There has to be a very acute awareness on your part as to the level of exertion and the toll it’s taking on those you lead.
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We have a lot of players in their first year. Some of them are also in their last year.
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Good talent with bad attitude equals bad talent.
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Machines aren’t replacing proofreaders at all. Copy editors, who proofread and much, much more, use spellcheck as a tool but read every word that appears in the paper
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My theory is that, just like with omitting a final comma in a list when not essential for meaning, publishers are trying to save paper and ink or pixels on-screen.
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“Extra effort,” in whatever form it takes (mental, physical, emotional), cannot be sustained without eventual damage and diminishing returns.
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A burro is an ass. A burrow is a hole in the ground. As a journalist you are expected to know the difference.
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