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The x factor of a great leader is humility combined with will.

James C. Collins

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James C. Collins
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: January 25
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Businessperson
Journalist
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Colorado
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Those who build and perpetuate mediocrity...are motivated more by the fear of being left behind.
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Consider the idea that charisma can be as much a liability as an asset. Your strength of personality can sow the seeds of problems, when people filter the brutal facts from you.
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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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