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In a world of constant change, the fundamentals are more important than ever.

James C. Collins

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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Anthem Olympic Played Podium Standing
By definition, it is not possible to everyone to be above the average.
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Average Definitions Good Great
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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Able Goals Quantifiable Statements Undisciplined
Creativity dies in an indisciplined environment.
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Creativity Dies Environment
I’ve never found an important decision made by a great organization that was made at a point of unanimity.
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Decision Leadership Organization
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
A great company will have many once-in-a-liftetime opportunities.
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Business Company Great Opportunity
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.
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Passion Retirement Sweet
The only mistakes you can learn from are the ones you survive.
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Learn Mistakes Survive
If you have a charismatic cause you don’t need to be a charismatic leader.
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Causes Leader Needs
The greatest leaders build organizations that, in the end, don’t need them.
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Leader Needs Organization
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
If you have more than three priorities then you don’t have any.
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Consciousness Priorities Three
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
People are not your most important asset….the right people are.
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Good Great Important People
There is a sense of exhilaration that comes from facing head-on the hard truths and saying, “We will never give up. We will never capitulate. It might take a long time, but we will find a way to prevail.”
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Giving Life Motivational

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