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A good vision statement… explains, in specific terms, what the world would look like if everything we did was wildly successful.
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The more we give of ourselves to see others succeed, the greater our value to the group and the more respect they offer us.
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…being short is probably as much of a handicap to corporate success as being a woman or an African American.
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87 |
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…truly successful decision making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.
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…the most successful companies are those that understand that in those cases, the first impressions of their consumers need interpretation.
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The best bosses succeed because they keep chipping away at a huge pile of dull, interesting, fun, rewarding, trivial, frustrating, and often ridiculous chores.
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The success or failure of every boss hinges on how well or how badly he or she navigates these vexing and all-too-human relationships.
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13 |
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The path to success is paved with small wins. Even the grandest and most glorious victories rest on a string of modest but constructive steps forward.
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Ask your people what they need to succeed and then try to give it to them. Obvious, isn’t it? It is also remarkably rare.
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…you can be sure that even the best decision won’t succeed unless people – even those who opposed it – work to implement it well.
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