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How can you succeed by helping others succeed? We succeed at our very best only when we help others succeed.

James C. Collins

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James C. Collins
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: January 25
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You must maintain unwavering faith that you can and will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties, AND at the same time, have the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.
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The only way to remain great is to keep on applying the fundamental principles that made you great.
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The secret to a successful retirement is to find your retirement sweet spot. The sweet spot is where your passions, what you do best, and what people will pay you to do overlap.
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Don't take care of your career. Take care of your people. They will take care of your career.
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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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Not one of the good-to-great companies focused obsessively on growth.
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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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