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Minimalism is the enemy of excellence and the father of mediocrity.
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18 |
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Virtue is the essence of excellence in both life and business.
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27 |
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… excellence in any field requires that we miss out on other things.
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66 |
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…if you want to do something or become something – and you want to do it well – it takes time.
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3 |
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EQ is so critical to success that… It’s the single biggest predictor of performance in the workplace and the strongest driver of leadership and personal excellence.
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21 |
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Most bosses believe… that giving anyone an excellent rating implies that there is no room for improvement. They’re confusing excellence with perfection.
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128 |
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Any recurring patterns of behavior that can be productively applied are talents. The key to excellent performance… is finding the match between your talents and your role.
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73 |
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In the minds of great managers, every role performed at excellence deserves respect. Every role has its own nobility.
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104 |
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You cannot infer excellence from studying failure and then inverting it. Why? Because excellence and failure are often surprisingly similar. Average is the anomaly.
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109 |
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Excellence is not the opposite of failure. It is just different.
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173 |
