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.
JAMES C. COLLINSThe challenge is not just to build a company that can endure; but to build one that is worthy of enduring.
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Level 5 leaders are differentiated from other levels of leaders in that they have a wonderful blend of personal humility combined with extraordinary professional will.
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A visionary company doesn’t simply balance between preserving a tightly held core ideology and stimulating vigorous change and movement; it does both to an extreme.
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…the question, Why try for greatness? would seem almost tautological. If you’re doing something you care that much about, and you believe in its purpose deeply enough, then it is impossible to imagine not trying to make it great. It’s just a given.
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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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Those who turn good organizations into great organizations are motivated by a deep creative urge and an inner compulsion for sheer unadulterated excellence for its own sake.
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Change your practices without abandoning your core values.
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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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If you have a charismatic cause you don’t need to be a charismatic leader.
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The secret to a successful retirement is to find your retirement sweet spot. The sweet spot is where your passions, what you do best, and what people will pay you to do overlap.
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An organization is not truly great, if it cannot be great without you.
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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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I can just let my curiosity wander unleashed.
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The purpose of bureaucracy is to compensate for incompetence and lack of discipline.
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A great company will have many once-in-a-liftetime opportunities.
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Not one of the good-to-great companies focused obsessively on growth.
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