Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
It took Einstein ten years of groping through the fog to get the theory of special relativity, and he was a bright guy.
James C. Collins
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
James C. Collins
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: January 25
Author
Businessperson
Journalist
Writer
Boulder
Colorado
Guy
Einstein
Years
Fog
Perseverance
Bright
Ten
Took
Theory
Groping
Special
Relativity
More quotes by James C. Collins
The essence of profound insight is simplicity.
James C. Collins
The greatest leaders build organizations that, in the end, don't need them.
James C. Collins
It is more important to know who you are than where you are going, for where you are going will change as the world around you changes.
James C. Collins
The people who don't have a great life are the ones who settle for a good one.
James C. Collins
Consider the idea that charisma can be as much a liability as an asset. Your strength of personality can sow the seeds of problems, when people filter the brutal facts from you.
James C. Collins
Focusing solely on what you can potentially do better than any other organization is the only path to greatness.
James C. Collins
The critical question is not whether you'll have luck, but what you do with the luck that you get.
James C. Collins
Indeed, the real question is not, Why greatness? but What work makes you feel compelled to try to create greatness? if you have to ask the question, Why should we try to make it great? Isn't success enough? then you're probably int he wrong line of work.
James C. Collins
Those fortunate enough to find or create a practical intersection of the three circles have the basis for a great work life.
James C. Collins
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.
James C. Collins
True leadership has people who follow when they have the freedom not to.
James C. Collins
Change your practices without abandoning your core values.
James C. Collins
If we allow the celebrity rock-star model of leadership to triumph, we will see the decline of corporations and institutions of all types. The twentieth century was a century of greatness, but we face the very real prospect that the next century will see very few enduring great institutions.
James C. Collins
In determing the right people, the good-to-great companies placed greater weight on character attributes than on specific educational background, practical skills, specialized knowledge, or work experience.
James C. Collins
If I'm going really, really fast, I can do a page of finished text a day, on average.
James C. Collins
We must reject the idea... Well-intentioned, but dead wrong... That the primary path to greatness in the social sectors is to become more like a business. Most businesses... Like most of anything else in life... Fall somewhere between mediocre and good.
James C. Collins
In a world of constant change, the fundamentals are more important than ever.
James C. Collins
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. Failure means making a decision to let go, to be less than 100% committed, when confronted by fear, pain and uncertainty.
James C. Collins
We are not imprisoned by circumstances, setbacks, mistakes or staggering defeats, we are freed by our choices.
James C. Collins
Building a visionary company requires one percent vision and 99 percent alignment.
James C. Collins
