James C. Collins Quotes - Page 6

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• Indeed, the real question is not, "Why greatness?" but "What work makes you feel compelled to try to create greatness?" if you have to ask the question, "Why should we try to make it great? Isn't success enough?" then you're probably int he wrong line of work.

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  Business, Real, Greatness

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• Those fortunate enough to find or create a practical intersection of the three circles have the basis for a great work life.

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  Work, Circles, Three

  "Best new year's resolution? A 'stop doing' list" by James C. Collins, www.jimcollins.com. December 30, 2003.

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• Get keep right people.

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  People

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• If we allow the celebrity rock-star model of leadership to triumph, we will see the decline of corporations and institutions of all types. The twentieth century was a century of greatness, but we face the very real prospect that the next century will see very few enduring great institutions.

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  Stars, Real, Greatness

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• Some managers are uncomfotable with expressing emotion about their dreams, but it's the passion and emotion that will attract and motivate others.

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  Dream, Passion, Emotion

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• I am not failing - I am growing! Do you have the ability to reframe failure as growth in order to achieve your goals?

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  Order, Goal, Growth

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• Throw leaders into an extreme environment, and it will separate the stark differences between greatness and mediocrity.

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  Greatness, Differences, Leader

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• The best CEOs in our research display tremendous ambition for their company combined with the stoic will to do whatever it takes, no matter how brutal (within the bounds of the company's core values), to make the company great. Yet at the same time they display a remarkable humility about themselves, ascribing much of their own success to luck, discipline and preparation rather than personal genius.

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  Success, Leadership, Humility

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• To have a Welch-caliber C.E.O. is impressive.To have a century of Welch-Caliber C.E.O.'s all grown from the inside - well, that is one key reason why G.E. is a visionary company.

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  Keys, Visionaries, Reason Why

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• If I'm going really, really fast, I can do a page of finished text a day, on average.

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  Average, Pages, Can Do

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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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  Ideas, People, Personality

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