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Achieving competence – in anything – requires experience, exposure, and practice… [it] also requires an opportunity and willingness to learn.
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155 |
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Look for opportunities to shine and advance your career by doing great work and becoming your boss’s biggest asset.
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157 |
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The more internal and external contacts you make and relationships you build, the easier it will be to find a new opportunity and execute your escape.
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180 |
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The attachment to making the most out of past efforts (sunk costs) blocks people from the opportunity to be successful.
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190 |
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…every success creates new opportunities. So does every failure.
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385 |
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Good executives focus on opportunities rather than problems.
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445 |
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But problem solving, however necessary, does not produce results. It prevents damage. Exploiting opportunities produces results.
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446 |
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Above all, effective executives treat change as an opportunity rather than a threat.
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447 |
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Effective executives put their best people on opportunities rather than on problems.
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463 |
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Staffing the opportunities instead of the problems not only creates the most effective organization, it also creates enthusiasm and dedication.
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1900 |
