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James C. Collins
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: January 25
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Businessperson
Journalist
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Boulder
Colorado
Socratic
Completely

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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 great company will have many once-in-a-liftetime opportunities.
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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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I see the Baldrige process as a powerful set of mechanisms for disciplined people engaged in disciplined thought and taking disciplined action to create great organizations that produce exceptional results.
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In a world of constant change, the fundamentals are more important than ever.
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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.
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Companies that change best over time know first and foremost what should not change.
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Building a visionary company requires one percent vision and 99 percent alignment.
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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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Managing your problems can only make you good, whereas building your opportunities is the only way to become great.
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It took Einstein ten years of groping through the fog to get the theory of special relativity, and he was a bright guy.
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If you have a charismatic cause you don't need to be a charismatic leader.
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Mediocrity results first and foremost from management failure, not technological failure.
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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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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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How can you succeed by helping others succeed? We succeed at our very best only when we help others succeed.
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Good-to-great companies set their goals and strategies based on understanding comparison companies set their goals and strategies based on bravado.
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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.
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