It’s what you do before you are in trouble, so that you can be strong when people most need you.
JAMES C. COLLINSThe 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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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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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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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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You absolutely must have the discipline not to hire until you find the right people.
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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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Those who build and perpetuate mediocrity…are motivated more by the fear of being left behind.
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In a world of constant change, the fundamentals are more important than ever.
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…the question, Why try for greatness? would seem almost tautological. If you’re doing something you care that much about, and you believe in its purpose deeply enough, then it is impossible to imagine not trying to make it great. It’s just a given.
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No matter what. Wherever your mind wanders, it seems to turn up at the same Field of Dreams. It’s the vision you wake up with in the morning, and it’s the last thing you picture before you fall asleep.
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People are not your most important asset….the right people are.
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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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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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A great company will have many once-in-a-liftetime opportunities.
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Yet at the same time they display a remarkable humility about themselves, ascribing much of their own success to luck, discipline and preparation rather than personal genius.
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