It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.
Quotes
Jim Collins
They never talked in reactionary terms and never defined their strategies principally in response to what others were doing. They talked in terms of
Jim Collins
Enduring great companies don’t exist merely to deliver returns to shareholders. Indeed, in a truly great company, profits and cash flow become like blood
Jim Collins
Those who turn good (organizations) into great (organizations) are motivated by a deep creative urge and an inner compulsion for sheer unadulterated excellence for
Jim Collins
What do the right people want more than almost anything else? They want to be part of a winning team. They want to contribute
Jim Collins
it is very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work.
Jim Collins
…people who could never in a million years bring themselves to subjugate their egoistic needs to the greater ambition of building something larger and
Colman Mockler, CEO, Gillette
When you talk about your time at the company, it’s as if you’re describing a love affair. He chuckled and said, ‘yes. Other than
James Stockdale
I never doubted not only that I would get out, but also that I would prevail in the end and turn the experience into
Jim Collins
If you have the right executives on the bus, they will do everything within their power to build a great company,not because of what