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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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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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An organization is not truly great, if it cannot be great without you.
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If you have a charismatic cause you don't need to be a charismatic leader.
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By definition, it is not possible to everyone to be above the average.
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The signature of mediocrity is chronic inconsistency.
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In an ironic twist, I now see Good to Great not as a sequel to Built to Last, but more of a prequel. Good to Great is about how to turn a good organization into one that produces sustained great results. Built to Last is about how you take a company with great results and turn it into an enduring great company of iconic stature.
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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 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.
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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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The greatest leaders build organizations that, in the end, don't need them.
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Level 5 leaders are a study in duality: modest and willful, humble and fearless.
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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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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 essence of profound insight is simplicity.
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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 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 x factor of a great leader is humility combined with will.
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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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Companies that change best over time know first and foremost what should not change.
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