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The fact remains that we have an obligation to discover what we really, really, really want to do (which is probably what we do best) and then do it even better... much better.

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Marcus Buckingham
Age: 58
Born: 1966
Born: January 11
Author
Motivational Speaker
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Radlett
Hertfordshire
Marcus Wilfrid Buckingham
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We all want the chance to express the very best of ourselves and to be challenged to keep reaching for more. Our time at work affords us this chance - not the only chance, to be sure, but, given that we're there forty or fifty hours a week, it's one of the best.
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As a general rule, people tend to do best what they enjoy doing most.
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When you feel as though you can't do something, the simple antidote is action: Begin doing it. Start the process, even if it's just a simple step, and don't stop at the beginning.
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Google and Facebook, each in their own way, have revolutionized the delivery of advertising based on search and social networking, creating a sort of anti-Spam: targeted, relevant ads that a consumer might actually welcome rather than spurn.
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Getting after this terrible, avoidable waste of human potentiality is what gets me out of bed every morning.
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We dream of having a clean house - but who dreams of actually doing the cleaning? We don't have to dream about doing the work, because doing the work is always within our grasp the dream, in this sense, is to attain the goal without the work.
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Sustained success means making the greatest possible impact over the longest period of time
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Don't waste time trying to put in what was left out. Try to draw out what was left in.
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People should be hired as is and their managers then help them to develop their individual strengths while completing tasks for which they have the greatest aptitude and in which they have the greatest interest.
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No idea will work if people don't trust your intentions toward them.
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Innovation and best practices can be sown throughout an organization - but only when they fall on fertile ground.
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We live with them every day, and they come so easily to us that they cease to be precious.
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Your strongest life is built through a continuous practice of designing moment by moment.
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