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A Sense of Urgency:
…our success in meeting the challenges of the past tells us little about a future that constantly throws new problems and opportunities at us.
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A Sense of Urgency:
The only we can guarantee job security, keep raises higher than inflation… is if we move faster, smarter, and better than the competition.
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A Sense of Urgency:
A sense of urgency can… begin with a single person and then expand outward.
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A Sense of Urgency:
…it is often only a steadily growing wave of people behaving with real urgency each and every day that can conquer built-up cynicism and negativity…
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A Sense of Urgency:
Because true urgency has this strong element of now, it can be easy to forget the time frame into which large changes and achievements fit.
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A Sense of Urgency:
The odds are high that you have not been taught to behave the way you now need to behave. Why can’t you learn? Why not start – today?
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A Sense of Urgency:
…even people who are most solidly content with the status quo will begin to act differently if a fire starts on the floor beneath their feet.
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A Sense of Urgency:
…the problem with a damage control mind-set is that it is too often applied by people to protect their own careers, and not the reputations of their organizations.
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A Sense of Urgency:
…fundamentally, some people not only see a terrible problem but actively look for a potential opportunity.
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A Sense of Urgency:
…the big challenge is almost always more a heart problem than a mind problem.
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