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…the effective executive will slough off an old activity before he starts on a new one.
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2171 |
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Effective executives do not make a great many decisions. They concentrate on the important ones.
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2277 |
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The effective decision-maker assumes that the traditional measurement is not the right measurement.
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2779 |
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The effective decision-maker… organizes disagreement.
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2906 |
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…the effective decision-maker either acts or he doesn’t act. He does not take half-action.
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2970 |
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…there is no inherent reason why decisions should be distasteful—but most effective ones are.
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2977 |
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…effectiveness, while capable of being learned, surely cannot be taught. Effectiveness is, after all, not a ‘subject,’ but a self-discipline.
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3102 |
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People who speak their mind effectively, know their own mind.
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066 |
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In wicked domains that lack automatic feedback, experience alone does not improve performance. Effective habits of mind are more important, and they can be developed.
|
230 |
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Effectiveness… is the result of how we consciously strive to meet life’s harder challenges, grow beyond our comforts, and deliberately work to overcome our biases and preferences…
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040 |