The inner experience of fallure is totally different than failure. Going to fallure means 100% commitment – you leave nothing in reserve, no mental or physical resource untapped, you never give yourself a psychological out.
JAMES C. COLLINSBuilt to Last is about how you take a company with great results and turn it into an enduring great company of iconic stature.
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Built to Last is about how you take a company with great results and turn it into an enduring great company of iconic stature.
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In an ironic twist, I now see Good to Great not as a sequel to Built to Last, but more of a prequel. Good to Great is about how to turn a good organization into one that produces sustained great results.
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If you have a charismatic cause you don’t need to be a charismatic leader.
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Significant decisions carry risks and inevitably some will oppose it. In these settings, the great legislative leader must be artful in handling uncomfortable decisions, and this requires rigor.
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Creative leadership impact increases in your 50’s. When I turn 50 I want to say, “Nice start!”
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In a world of constant change, the fundamentals are more important than ever.
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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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By definition, it is not possible to everyone to be above the average.
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If I’m going really, really fast, I can do a page of finished text a day, on average.
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Those who build and perpetuate mediocrity…are motivated more by the fear of being left behind.
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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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The challenge is not just to build a company that can endure; but to build one that is worthy of enduring.
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You must maintain unwavering faith that you can and will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties, AND at the same time, have the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.
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Level 5 leaders are fanatically driven, infected with an incurable need to produce sustained results. They are resolved to do whatever it takes to make the company great, no matter how big or hard the decisions.
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First figure out your partners, then figure out what ideas to pursue. The most important thing isn’t the market you target, the product you develop or the financing, but the founding team.
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