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To have a Welch-caliber C.E.O. is impressive.To have a century of Welch-Caliber C.E.O.’s all grown from the inside – well, that is one key reason why G.E. is a visionary company.

James C. Collins

If I were running a company today, I would have one priority above all others: to acquire as many of the best people as I could. I’d put off everything else to fill my bus. Because things are going to come back. My flywheel is going to start to turn.
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Business Everything Many Organization Running
Get involved in something that you care so much about that you want to make it the greatest it can possibly be, not because of what you will get, but just because it can be done.
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Done Involved Involves Possibly Something
Creative leadership impact increases in your 50’s. When I turn 50 I want to say, “Nice start!”
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Creative Impact Nice
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
I can just let my curiosity wander unleashed.
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Curiosity Unleashed Wander
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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Challenges Endure Entrepreneurs
Whether you prevail or fail depends more on what you do to yourself than on what the world does to you.
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Failing Prevail World
Bad decisions made with good intentions, are still bad decisions.
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Decision Good Great Intentions
We learned that a former prisoner of war had more to teach us about what it takes to find a path to greatness than most books on corporate strategy.
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Book Corporate Greatness Strategy War
By definition, it is not possible to everyone to be above the average.
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Average Definitions Good Great
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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Needs People Strong
It may seem odd to talk about something as soft and fuzzy as “passion” as an integral part of a strategic framework. But throughout the good-to-great companies, passion became a key part of the Hedgehog Concept.
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Business Keys Passion
We are not imprisoned by circumstances, setbacks, mistakes or staggering defeats, we are freed by our choices.
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Choices Defeat Mistakes
Discipline is consistency of action.
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Action Consistency Discipline
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
Not every financial company toppled during the 2008 crisis, and some seized the opportunity to take advantage of weaker competitors in the midst of the tumult.
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Financial Midst Opportunity

To have a Welch-caliber C.E.O. is impressive.To have a century of Welch-Caliber C.E.O.’s all grown from the inside – well, that is one key reason why G.E. is a visionary company.

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To have a Welch-caliber C.E.O. is impressive.To have a century of Welch-Caliber C.E.O.’s all grown from the inside – well, that is one key reason why G.E. is a visionary company.

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