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…organizational decline, unlike cancer, is largely self-inflicted.
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003 |
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There is no law of nature that the most powerful will inevitably remain at the top. Anyone can fail and most eventually do.
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008 |
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When institutions fail to distinguish between current practices and the enduring principles of their success, and mistakenly fossilize around their practices, they’ve set themselves up for decline.
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036 |
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…in the later stages of decline, companies that change constantly but without any consistent rationale will collapse just as surely as those that change not at all.
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038 |
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…if a great company consistently grows revenues faster than its ability to get enough of the right people to implement that growth, it will not simply stagnate; it will fail.
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056 |
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Leaders who fail the process of succession set their enterprises on a path to decline.
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060 |
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Never give in. Be willing to change tactics, but never give up on your core purpose. Be willing to kill failed business ideas, but never give up on the idea of building a great company.
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123 |
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Failure is not so much a physical state as a state of mind; success is falling down, and getting up one more time, without end.
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123 |
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Realizing that a specific job or sector or working environment is not the right fit for you is not a failure – it’s essential data that will help you find meaning and fulfillment in the future.
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099 |
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There is always the possibility of failure, but there is a greater chance of success if you actually try to do something versus doing nothing.
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029 |
