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You can’t bake a cake without getting the kitchen messy. Halfway through surgery it looks like there’s been a murder in the operating room.…

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We can't win the struggle for high standards if we just talk a good game . . . we've got to play a good game.

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As tough as it sometimes looks on the front end, it's easier to do right than undo wrong.

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In these times of self-directed teams, empowered employees, and "boundaryless" organizations, your worth as an individual employee will also get measured by your work…

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Some people argue against both optimism and pessimism in favor of so-called realistic thinking. They distrust optimism on the grounds that it causes us…

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Your doubts are not the product of accurate thinking, but habitual thinking. Years ago you excepted flawed conclusions as correct, begin to live your…

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We all faced painful ethical challenges before we even knew how to spell our names. There were tough choices. Tradeoffs. Confusing signals regarding how…

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Excellence is a process, not just an outcome. Sure, we have to hold out for high standards in the products or services we provide.…

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Notice that "I" is at the center of the word "ethical." There is no "they." Achieving the ethics of excellence is our individual assignment.

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The only way we can develop muscle is through regular exercise. As soon as we stop stretching and working toward higher ethics, our standards…

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When you hold out for high standards, people are impressed-but they don't always like you for it. Not everybody will be on your side…

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Everybody makes honest mistakes, but there's no such thing as an honest cover-up.

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