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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
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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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There's something unique and different that makes a leader, and it's not about creativity or courage or integrity.... A leader's job is to rally people toward a better future.
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Emphasize your strengths on your resume, in your cover letters and in your interviews. It may sound obvious, but you'd be surprised how many people simply list everything they've ever done. Convey your passion and link your strengths to measurable results. Employers and interviewers love concrete data.
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Great managers know they don't have 10 salespeople working for them. They know they have 10 individuals working for them . A great manager is brilliant at spotting the unique differences that separate each person and then capitalizing on them.
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Every time you make a rule you take away a choice, and choice, with all of its illuminating repercussions, is the fuel for learning.
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You will learn and grow the least in your areas of weakness.
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If you want execution, hail only success. If you want creativity, hail risk, and remain neutral about success.
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Every company wants to know how to find and keep highly talented women in the workplace.
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Most of my work has been in corporations, studying how you build an organization that helps people to identify and work to their strengths.
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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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All the great organizations have great managers at all levels who recognize where their culture is getting stronger and where it is getting weaker. There are always reasons why.
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It remains true that great managers recognize individualities and focus on developing strengths rather than weaknesses. Great leaders, in sharp contrast, recognize what is (or could be) shared in common - a vision, a dream, a mission, whatever - and inspire others to join them in the given enterprise.
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Too many of the organizations I have observed resemble a farm in Kansas. They have lots of fences and silos as well as a storm cellar.
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You will excel only by maximizing your strengths, never by fixing your weaknesses.
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Sustained success means making the greatest possible impact over the longest period of time
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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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The secret to living a strong life is right in front of you, calling to you every day. It can be found in your emotional reaction to specific moments in your life.
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The time you spend with your best (employees) is, quite simply, your most productive time.
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As a general rule, people tend to do best what they enjoy doing most.
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