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James C. Collins
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: January 25
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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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True leadership has people who follow when they have the freedom not to.
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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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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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Not one of the good-to-great companies focused obsessively on growth.
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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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We are not imprisoned by circumstances, setbacks, mistakes or staggering defeats, we are freed by our choices.
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If you have a charismatic cause you don't need to be a charismatic leader.
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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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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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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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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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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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Discipline should amplify creativity rather than stifle it.
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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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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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Most people will look back and realize they did not have a great life because it's just so easy to settle for a good life.
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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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The signature of mediocrity is not an unwillingness to change. The signature of mediocrity is inconsistency.
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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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