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I often think about the class differences involved in “jobs” vs. “careers.”

Bill Walsh

These are all negative manifestations of ego, and if you are not alert to them, you get diverted and your work becomes diffused. Ego in these cases makes people insensitive to how they work with others and it ends up interfering with the real goal of any group efforts.
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Diffuse Diverted Ego Insensitive Manifestations
Everybody isn’t everybody.
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Everbody Everybody Game
Good talent with bad attitude equals bad talent.
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Attitude Bad Talent
Psychologists suggest that there is a strong link between ego and competitiveness. All the great performers I’ve ever coached had ego to spare.
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Competitiveness Ego Psychologists Spare Strong
By instinct we-leaders-want to run hard all the time; by intellect we know this is not possible. Reconciling those two positions in the context of leadership is an ongoing challenge.
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Leader Possible Running Time Two
If you see players who hate practice, their coach isn’t doing a very good job.
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Hate Jobs Player
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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Computer Shots Unnecessary
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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Differences Editing Writing
On occasion I omit commas. On occasion, I use them. (The more you know about English, the less you’re likely to think there are unbreakable “rules” for a lot of these things.)
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Knows Thinking Unbreakable
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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Away Ego People Strong Survival
As the leader, part of the job is to be visible and willing to communicate with everyone
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Coaching Jobs Leader
I’ve observed that if individuals who prevail in a highly competitive environment have any one thing in common besides success, it is failure-and their ability to overcome it.
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Common Environment Overcoming Success
Invest in great relationships, they will pay a lifetime of dividends.
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Great Lifetime Pay Relationship
I caution against beginning or ending a quotation with ellipses
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Beginning Caution Quotations
In evaluating people, I prize ego. It often translates into a fierce desire to do their best and an inner confidence that stands them in good stead when things really get rough.
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Confidence Desire Fierce Rough Translate
Find a great mentor who believes in you, your life will change forever!
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Believe Forever Mentor

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