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James C. Collins
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: January 25
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Not one of the good-to-great companies focused obsessively on growth.
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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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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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How can you succeed by helping others succeed? We succeed at our very best only when we help others succeed.
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The greatest leaders build organizations that, in the end, don't need them.
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Genuine confidence is what launches you out of bed in the morning, and through your day with a spring in your step.
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The signature of mediocrity is chronic inconstancy. The signature of greatness is a disciplined and consistent focus on the right things.
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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.
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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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You can't manufacture passion or motivate people to feel passionate. You can only discover what ignites your passion and the passions of those around you.
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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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Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice, and discipline.
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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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The signature of mediocrity is chronic inconsistency.
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First figure out your partners, then figure out what ideas to pursue. The most important thing isn't the market you target, the product you develop or the financing, but the founding team.
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Just because a company falls doesn't invalidate what we can learn by studying that company when it was at its historical best.
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Get keep right people.
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Change your practices without abandoning your core values.
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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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In a truly great company profits and cash flow become like blood and water to a healthy body: They are absolutely essential for life but they are not the very point of life
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