It occurs to me,Jim,that you spend too much time trying to be interesting. Why don’t you invest more time being interested?” Collin’s advice from John Gardner that he took to heart.
JAMES C. COLLINSIf you have more than three priorities then you don’t have any.
More James C. Collins Quotes
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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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If you have more than three priorities then you don’t have any.
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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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If I’m going really, really fast, I can do a page of finished text a day, on average.
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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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If you have a charismatic cause you don’t need to be a charismatic leader.
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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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Significant decisions carry risks and inevitably some will oppose it. In these settings, the great legislative leader must be artful in handling uncomfortable decisions, and this requires rigor.
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The greatest leaders build organizations that, in the end, don’t need them.
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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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We are not imprisoned by circumstances, setbacks, mistakes or staggering defeats, we are freed by our choices.
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Bad decisions made with good intentions, are still bad decisions.
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Built to Last is about how you take a company with great results and turn it into an enduring great company of iconic stature.
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Companies that change best over time know first and foremost what should not change.
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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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