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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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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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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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Focusing solely on what you can potentially do better than any other organization is the only path to greatness.
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By definition, it is not possible to everyone to be above the average.
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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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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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True leadership has people who follow when they have the freedom not to.
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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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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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I've never found an important decision made by a great organization that was made at a point of unanimity. Significant decisions carry risks and inevitably some will oppose it. In these settings, the great legislative leader must be artful in handling uncomfortable decisions, and this requires rigor.
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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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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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How can you succeed by helping others succeed? We succeed at our very best only when we help others succeed.
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Smart people instinctively understand the dangers of entrusting our future to self-serving leaders who use our institutions, whether in the corporate or social sectors, to advance their own interests.
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The critical question is not whether you'll have luck, but what you do with the luck that you get.
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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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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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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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