You not only want to win a gold medal at the Olympics, you not only can see yourself standing there on the podium, but you can also feel the goose bumps as your national anthem is played; the tears are in your eyes. (That’s how real a dream can be and should be)
JAMES C. COLLINSWe must reject the idea… Well-intentioned, but dead wrong… That the primary path to greatness in the social sectors is to become “more like a business.” Most businesses… Like most of anything else in life… Fall somewhere between mediocre and good.
More James C. Collins Quotes
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We are not imprisoned by circumstances, setbacks, mistakes or staggering defeats, we are freed by our choices.
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Mediocrity results first and foremost from management failure, not technological failure.
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There is a sense of exhilaration that comes from facing head-on the hard truths and saying, “We will never give up. We will never capitulate. It might take a long time, but we will find a way to prevail.”
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Companies that change best over time know first and foremost what should not change.
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Bad decisions made with good intentions, are still bad decisions.
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Those who build great companies understand that the ultimate throttle on growth for any great company is not markets, or technology, or competition, or products. It is one thing above all others: the ability to get and keep enough of the right people.
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Those who build and perpetuate mediocrity…are motivated more by the fear of being left behind.
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It’s what you do before you are in trouble, so that you can be strong when people most need you.
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The greatest leaders build organizations that, in the end, don’t need them.
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By definition, it is not possible to everyone to be above the average.
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The only acceptable goals are measurable,” but that’s actually an undisciplined statement. Lots of goals-beauty, quality, life change, love-are worthy but not quantifiable. But you do have to be able to tell if you’re making progress.
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We must reject the idea… Well-intentioned, but dead wrong… That the primary path to greatness in the social sectors is to become “more like a business.” Most businesses… Like most of anything else in life… Fall somewhere between mediocre and good.
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People are not your most important asset….the right people are.
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No matter what. Wherever your mind wanders, it seems to turn up at the same Field of Dreams. It’s the vision you wake up with in the morning, and it’s the last thing you picture before you fall asleep.
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I’ve never found an important decision made by a great organization that was made at a point of unanimity.
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