James C. Collins Quotes
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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…
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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…
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Good is the enemy of great.
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There is a sense of exhilaration that comes from facing head-on the hard truths and saying, "We will never give up. We will never capitulate.…
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Good is the enemy of great.. The vast majority of good companies remain just that - good, but not great.
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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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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…
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Those who turn good organizations into great organizations are motivated by a deep creative urge and an inner compulsion for sheer unadulterated excellence for its…
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Level 5 leaders are a study in duality: modest and willful, humble and fearless.
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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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If you have more than three priorities then you don't have any.
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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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No matter what. Wherever your mind wanders, it seems to turn up at the same Field of Dreams. It's the vision you wake up with…
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Dreams make you click, juice you, turn you on, excite the living daylights out of you. You cannot wait to get out of bed to…
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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…
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In a truly great company profits and cash flow become like blood and water to a healthy body: They are absolutely essential for life but…
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If I were running a company today, I would have one priority above all others: to acquire as many of the best people as I…
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For no matter what we achieve, if we don't spend the vast majority of our time with people we love and respect, we cannot possibly…
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Those who build great companies understand that the ultimate throttle on growth for any great company is not markets, or technology, or competition, or products.…
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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…
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