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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.

James C. Collins

Companies that change best over time know first and foremost what should not change.
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Company Firsts Should
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
…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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Believe Business Greatness
Bad decisions made with good intentions, are still bad decisions.
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Decision Good Great Intentions
If I’m going really, really fast, I can do a page of finished text a day, on average.
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Average Finished Pages Text
Those who build and perpetuate mediocrity…are motivated more by the fear of being left behind.
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Marketing Mediocrity Motivated
We are not imprisoned by circumstances, setbacks, mistakes or staggering defeats, we are freed by our choices.
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Choices Defeat Mistakes
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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Letting Go Mean Pain
Genius of AND. Embrace both extremes on a number of dimensions at the same time. Instead of choosing a OR B, figure out how to have A AND B-purpose AND profit, continuity AND change, freedom AND responsibility, etc.
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Business Numbers Responsibility
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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Business Mistake People
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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Business Humility Leadership
I can just let my curiosity wander unleashed.
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Curiosity Unleashed Wander
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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Keys Reason Why Vision
The only mistakes you can learn from are the ones you survive.
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Learn Mistakes Survive
Profit is like oxygen, food, water, and blood for the body; they are not the point of life, but without them, there is no life.
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Blood Oxygen Water
Discipline is consistency of action.
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Action Consistency Discipline

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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