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Who you are should be a question of what you value, not what you believe. Values are your core principles in life – they might be excellence and generosity, freedom and fairness, or security and integrity.
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64 |
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An informed audience is going to spot the holes in our case… We might as well get credit for having the humility to look for them, the foresight to spot them, and the integrity to acknowledge them.
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119 |
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There’s a fine line between heroic persistence and foolish stubbornness. Sometimes the best kind of grit is gritting our teeth and turning around.
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229 |
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Integrity is not about being honest when we agree with each other; it is also about being honest when we disagree or, even more important, when we make mistakes or missteps.
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189 |
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Great bosses instill grit in followers. They are dogged and patient, pressing themselves and others to move ever forward.
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24 |
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Having long-term goals, and doggedly working toward them day after day, is a hallmark of bosses with grit.
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27 |
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Developing the fine art of indifference and emotional detachment is part of becoming a boss with grit.
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121 |
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Research on everything from negotiation, to revenge, to company integrity reveals that when people believe they are dealing with a liar… they get angry, retaliate… and lose faith in otherwise competent bosses and colleagues.
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…while goals do help us to be grittier, grit isn’t always a virtue… [it’s] good for getting you to stick to hard things that are worthwhile, but grit also gets you to stick to hard things that are no longer worthwhile.
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…[a] company’s inability to consistently deliver on its promise… undermine[s] the integrity of its brand positioning.
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