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…the purpose of bureaucracy is to compensate for incompetence and lack of discipline – a problem that largely goes away if you have the right people in the first place.
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Avoid bureaucracy and hierarchy and instead create a culture of discipline.
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Fill [your] culture with self-disciplined people who are willing to go to extreme lengths to fulfill their responsibilities.
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…discipline by itself will not produce great results.
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…do you have the discipline to do the right thing and, equally important, to stop doing the wrong things?
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…most organizations are unhealthy precisely because they aren’t doing the basic things, which require discipline, persistence, and follow-through…
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Careful cultivation pays off… employers who nurture, praise, and when necessary, discipline fairly, experience happier and more successful lives for themselves and those in their charge.
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Success is conditional – but it’s within your reach as long as you have the discipline to try, try again.
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The art of closing a deal is staying focused to the very end. There are crucial points at the finale when you must draw on your mental discipline.
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Machine intelligence is the friend of the educational parvenu, albeit the disciplined, gutsy parvenu with high IQ.
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