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Effort

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167 Quote(s) Found

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Sometimes abandoning what you’re working on is the right move, even if you’ve already put in a lot of effort. Don’t throw good time after bad work.

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The longer something takes, the less likely it is that you’re going to finish it.

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What distinguishes people who are ten times more effective than the norm is not that they work ten times as hard; it’s that they use their creativity to come up with solutions that require one-tenth of the effort.

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Victory is much more meaningful when it comes not just from the efforts of one person, but from the joint achievements of many.

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Companies that have… a dialogue with stakeholders will find that it amply repays the time and effort involved.

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Luck and risk are both the reality that every outcome in life is guided by forces other than individual effort.

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Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable.

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Measurement is an integral part of the change effort, and done correctly, it informs and drives behavior.

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…people need to learn that effort, persistence, and resiliency are eventually rewarded with success.

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Initially, failure signals the need for greater effort or persistence. Sometimes failure signals the need to change strategies or tactics. But failure should rarely signal that we’ll never be able to succeed.

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