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.
JAMES C. COLLINSThe only mistakes you can learn from are the ones you survive.
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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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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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I can just let my curiosity wander unleashed.
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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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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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The moment you feel the need to tightly manage someone, you’ve made a hiring mistake. The best people don’t need to be managed. Guided, taught, led-yes. But not tightly managed.
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Companies that change best over time know first and foremost what should not change.
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An organization is not truly great, if it cannot be great without you.
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Change your practices without abandoning your core values.
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I’ve never found an important decision made by a great organization that was made at a point of unanimity.
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Mediocrity results first and foremost from management failure, not technological failure.
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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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If you have more than three priorities then you don’t have any.
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By definition, it is not possible to everyone to be above the average.
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