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When we feel part of a group that cares about us, we want to do right by that group and make our leaders proud. Our standards naturally rise.
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150 |
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What do you do if you wake up in the morning and dread going to work, because the daily routine no longer satisfies your standards?
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232 |
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That’s the mindset of entrepreneurs – they know that competing with others might possibly lower their own standards. That may sound tough, but it’s the truth.
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044 |
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…if you set your own standards, acknowledge your own value, and remain positive from the inside out, you will be heading in the right direction for a very promising future.
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153 |
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Knowledge workers, whatever their sex, are professionals, applying the same knowledge, doing the same work, governed by the same standards, and judged by the same results.
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040 |
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The conscience function of giving vision, of setting standards, and of reviewing performance against standards is basically a top-management function. But it has to work with the entire management group.
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417 |
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Extensive evidence shows that it’s having high personal standards, not pursuing perfection, that fuels growth.
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073 |
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While industrial systems may be standardized, mechanistic and linear, human life simply is not.
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059 |
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Holding yourself to a higher standard is expensive and time-consuming. It requires you to spend an enormous amount of time and money dealing with issues that many other companies would comfortably ignore. When the problems seem unsolvable, you have to keep after them.
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304 |
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The number of hours one spends practicing a skill is far less important than receiving clear and frequent feedback against a known standard.
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128 |
