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The essence of profound insight is simplicity.

James C. Collins

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James C. Collins
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: January 25
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Businessperson
Journalist
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Colorado
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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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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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The most effective leaders of companies in transition are the quiet, unassuming people whose inner wiring is such that the worst circumstances bring out their best. They're unflappable, they're ready to die if they have to. But you can trust that, when bad things are happening, they will become clearheaded and focused.
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Managing your problems can only make you good, whereas building your opportunities is the only way to become great.
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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.
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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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The signature of mediocrity is chronic inconsistency.
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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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Level 5 leaders are a study in duality: modest and willful, humble and fearless.
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Those fortunate enough to find or create a practical intersection of the three circles have the basis for a great work life.
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Good is the enemy of great. And that's one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great.
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A visionary company doesn't simply balance between idealism and profitability: it seeks to be highly idealistic and highly profitable. 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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If you have a charismatic cause you don't need to be a charismatic leader.
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I am completely Socratic.
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Growth! is not a Hedgehog Concept. Rather, if you have the right Hedgehog Concept and make decisions relentlessly consistent with it, you will create such momentum that your main problem will not be how to grow, but how not to grow too fast.
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Get keep right people.
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The people who don't have a great life are the ones who settle for a good one.
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Start a 'Stop Doing' list. I'll leave it as an existential dilemma on whether to put that task on your To Do list
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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.
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Not one of the good-to-great companies focused obsessively on growth.
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