Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Good to Great
“Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great. We don’t have great schools, principally because we have good schools. We don’t have great government, principally because we have good government. Few people attain great lives, in large part because it is just so easy to settle for a good life.”
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Great by Choice
“Accomplishing a 20 Mile March, consistently, in good times and bad, builds confidence. Tangible achievement in the face of adversity reinforces the 10X perspective: we are ultimately responsible for improving performance. We never blame circumstance; we never blame the environment.”
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Great by Choice
“Far more difficult than implementing change is figuring out what works, understanding why it works, grasping when to change, and knowing when not to.”
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Great by Choice
“WHY 20 MILE MARCHERS WIN 20 Mile Marching helps turn the odds in your favor for three reasons: 1. It builds confidence in your ability to perform well in adverse circumstances. 2. It reduces the likelihood of catastrophe when you’re hit by turbulent disruption. 3. It helps you exert self-control in an out-of-control environment.”
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Great by Choice
“If you want to achieve consistent performance, you need both parts of a 20 Mile March: a lower bound and an upper bound, a hurdle that you jump over and a ceiling that you will not rise above, the ambition to achieve and the self-control to hold back. ”
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Great by Choice
“When you marry operating excellence with innovation, you multiply the value of your creativity.”
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Good to Great
“Those who build great companies understand that the ultimate throttle on growth for any great company is not markets, or technology, or competition, or products. It is one thing above all others: the ability to get and keep enough of the right people. “
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Good to Great
“Those who build great companies understand that the ultimate throttle on growth for any great company is not markets, or technology, or competition, or products. It is one thing above all others: the ability to get and keep enough of the right people. “
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Good to Great
“First Who … Then What. We expected that good-to-great leaders would begin by setting a new vision and strategy. We found instead that they first got the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the right seats—and then they figured out where to drive it. The old adage “People are your most important asset” turns out to be wrong. People are not your most important asset. The right people are.”
Adopted from the following great insight shared by Jim Collins from the book Good to Great
“Freedom is only part of the story and half the truth…. That is why I recommend that the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast be supplanted by a Statue of Responsibility on the West Coast. —VIKTOR E. FRANKL, Man’s Search for Meaning”