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The radical idea at the core of the strengths movement is that excellence is not the opposite of failure, and that, as such, you will learn little about excellence from studying failure.
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005 |
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…all we learn from mistakes are the characteristics of mistakes. If we want to learn about our successes, we must study strengths.
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006 |
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…when facing challenges in our careers and in everyday life, success lies very much in how you pick yourself up after a fall.
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029 |
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To advocate successfully, you need to learn to stand on your own two feet.
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040 |
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A team is made up of component parts and they all have to do what they do best for everyone to succeed.
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081 |
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…in the scheme of life, your successes and failures are really rather small in number when compared with your efforts.
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097 |
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Without an understanding of profitability, every business, no matter how big, no matter how ‘successful,’ is a house of cards.
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018 |
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…taking the long view, technical virtuosity, and a passionate will to succeed – are essential for any organization making the lean transition.
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115 |
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…you usually don’t need to play brilliant hunches or score dramatic product breakthroughs to succeed.
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302 |
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Studies show that many of the conventional strategies for workplace success don’t work as well for women as they do for men – such as networking and explicitly advocating for oneself.
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129 |
