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Get keep right people.
I am completely Socratic.
Good is the enemy of great.
Discipline is consistency of action.
Don't be interesting - be interested.
I can just let my curiosity wander unleashed.
The essence of profound insight is simplicity.
People need BHAGs - big hairy audacious goals.
A dream is a feeling that sticks - and propels.
Great vision without great people is irrelevant.
How can we do better tomorrow than we did today?
Creativity dies in an indisciplined environment.
You need self-control in an out-of-control world.
The signature of mediocrity is chronic inconsistency.
Resilency, not perfection, is the signature of greatness.
Change your practices without abandoning your core values.
Discipline should amplify creativity rather than stifle it.
The only mistakes you can learn from are the ones you survive.
The x factor of a great leader is humility combined with will.
If you have more than three priorities then you don't have any.
People are not your most important asset....the right people are.
Bad decisions made with good intentions, are still bad decisions.
A great company will have many once-in-a-liftetime opportunities.
Good is the enemy of great. That's why so few things become great.
Greatest danger is not failure, but be successful and not know why.
The difference between a good leader and a great leader is humility.
Not one of the good-to-great companies focused obsessively on growth.
An organization is not truly great, if it cannot be great without you.
By definition, it is not possible to everyone to be above the average.
True leadership has people who follow when they have the freedom not to.
Great companies foster a productive tension between continuity and change.
If you have a charismatic cause you don't need to be a charismatic leader.
The greatest leaders build organizations that, in the end, don't need them.
Faith in the endgame helps you live through the months or years of buildup.
In a world of constant change, the fundamentals are more important than ever.
The people who don't have a great life are the ones who settle for a good one.
Level 5 leaders are a study in duality: modest and willful, humble and fearless.
Building a visionary company requires one percent vision and 99 percent alignment.
The purpose of bureaucracy is to compensate for incompetence and lack of discipline.
You absolutely must have the discipline not to hire until you find the right people.
Companies that change best over time know first and foremost what should not change.
If I'm going really, really fast, I can do a page of finished text a day, on average.
That good is the enemy of great is not just a business problem. It is a human problem.
A culture of discipline is not a principle of business, it is a principle of greatness.
The drive for progress doesn't wait for the external world to say "It's time to change."
Mediocrity results first and foremost from management failure, not technological failure.
Be rigorous about your HR decisions. There is a difference between rigorous and ruthless.
Don't take care of your career. Take care of your people. They will take care of your career.
A company should limit its growth based on its ability to attract enough of the right people.
Creative leadership impact increases in your 50's. When I turn 50 I want to say, "Nice start!"