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We tell rags-to-riches stories because we find something captivating in the idea of a lone hero battling overwhelming odds.
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120 |
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Lesson learned: Don’t try and be a hero by taking on absolutely every task in your business. Analyze the opportunity cost.
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100 |
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Even the most successful of today’s heroic leaders appear uneasy in the saddle, all too aware that their ability to understand and control is a chimera. We have to begin leading differently.
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231 |
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Working hard and feeling stressed and overwhelmed do not make you a hero. It doesn’t mean you’re tough; it means you’re willing to put up with more bullshit than someone else.
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149 |
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The courage to see the Infinite Game – to see the purpose of business as something more heroic than simply making money, even it it’s unpopular with the finite players around us – is hard.
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213 |
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There are things worse than dying. Living with what we had to do to keep living, for one. Regretting that lost opportunity to have been a hero.
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061 |
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It is the cowardice of others that creates the opportunity for the individual hero.
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090 |
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To struggle makes the destination glorious. And heroic.
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213 |
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This is what heroes do. They make an impact. They make a difference for others. Today and forever.
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221 |
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A hero is a person who does what needs to be done, not just for themselves but for others… a hero makes their own luck – events don’t just happen to them.
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227 |