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You absolutely must have the discipline not to hire until you find the right people.

James C. Collins

An organization is not truly great, if it cannot be great without you.
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Great Organization People Without
Not all time in life is equal. How many opportunities do you get to talk about what your life is going to add up to with people thinking about the same question?
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Opportunity People Thinking
Our findings do not represent a quick fix, or the next fashion statement in a long string of management fads, or the next buzzword of the day, or a new ‘program’ to introduce. No!
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Commitment Fashion Organization
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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Business Fall Greatness
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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Giving Life Motivational
A great company will have many once-in-a-liftetime opportunities.
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Business Company Great Opportunity
The only way to deliver to the people who are achieving is to not burden them with the people who are not achieving.
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Achieve People Way
Throw leaders into an extreme environment, and it will separate the stark differences between greatness and mediocrity.
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Differences Greatness Leader
If I’m going really, really fast, I can do a page of finished text a day, on average.
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Average Finished Pages Text
If you have a charismatic cause you don’t need to be a charismatic leader.
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Causes Leader Needs
People are not your most important asset….the right people are.
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Good Great Important People
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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Inevitably REquired Rigor Significant
In a world of constant change, the fundamentals are more important than ever.
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Communication Fundamentals Important
Everytime you think of it, the idea in your head seems to get more vivid, filled in with more detail:
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Every Time Filled Seems Think
Those who build and perpetuate mediocrity…are motivated more by the fear of being left behind.
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Marketing Mediocrity Motivated
The only mistakes you can learn from are the ones you survive.
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Learn Mistakes Survive

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