Good to great comes about by a cumulative process—step by step, action by action, decision by decision, turn by turn of the flywheel—that adds up to sustained and spectacular results.

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"Most men would rather die, than think. Many do."

- James C. Collins

Awareness

"Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice and discipline."

- James C. Collins

Belief

"Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice."

- James C. Collins

Belief

"A culture of discipline involves a duality. On the one hand, it requires people who adhere to a consistent system; yet, on the other hand, it gives people freedom and responsibility within the framework of that system."

- James C. Collins

Balance

"Transformations are different from the perspective of those looking at it from the outside vs those going through it (on the inside)."

- James C. Collins

Transformation

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"The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck."

- Tony Robbins

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"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."

- Aristotle

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"I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse."

- Florence Nightingale

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"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence."

- Vince Lombardi

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