In a world of constant change, the fundamentals are more important than ever.
JAMES C. COLLINSNot 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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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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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.
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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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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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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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People are not your most important asset….the right people are.
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Discipline is consistency of action.
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Change your practices without abandoning your core values.
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Not one of the good-to-great companies focused obsessively on growth.
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You absolutely must have the discipline not to hire until you find the right people.
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Mediocrity results first and foremost from management failure, not technological failure.
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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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Companies that change best over time know first and foremost what should not change.
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The only way to make any company visionary is through a long-term commitment to an eternal process of building the organization to preserve the core and stimulate progress.
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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)
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