Those who build and perpetuate mediocrity…are motivated more by the fear of being left behind.
JAMES C. COLLINSYou 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)
More James C. Collins Quotes
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Great companies foster a productive tension between continuity and change.
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A great company will have many once-in-a-liftetime opportunities.
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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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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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The greatest leaders build organizations that, in the end, don’t need them.
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Creativity dies in an indisciplined environment.
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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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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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If I’m going really, really fast, I can do a page of finished text a day, on average.
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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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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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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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I can just let my curiosity wander unleashed.
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Creative leadership impact increases in your 50’s. When I turn 50 I want to say, “Nice start!”
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Level 5 leaders are fanatically driven, infected with an incurable need to produce sustained results. They are resolved to do whatever it takes to make the company great, no matter how big or hard the decisions.
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