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Now, consider a question: What if the people at Southwest had said, “Hey, we can’t do anything great until we fix the systemic constraints facing the airline industry”? I’ve conducted a large number of Socratic teaching sessions in the social sectors, and I’ve encountered an interesting dynamic: people often obsess on systemic constraints.

In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies,

Just think of the “who luck” in your own life. It could be the luck of stumbling across a life-altering mentor. It could be the luck of finding a great friend or an ideal life partner or an incredible boss or teammate. It could also take the form of stumbling across someone who’d be a spectacular person on your bus.

The most successful entrepreneurs I know are adept at working with companies, consulting

The Hedgehog Concept was one of the principles of greatness outlined in Jim Collins’s 2001 bestseller Good to Great.8 As Collins’s research indicated, great companies refused to do anything that did not fit with their Hedgehog Concept, and they made as much use of stop-doing lists as to-do lists.

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I’ve been asked many times whether people can become Level 5, and if so, how? Yes, and the best spark to ignite such leadership in yourself is to wrestle with a hard, simple question: What cause do you serve? What cause are you willing to sacrifice and suffer for, when you must make decisions that cause pain for yourself and others to advance that

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To grow a business, the entrepreneur must figure out how to attract, train, and retain employees who are highly engaged in the excellent daily execution of their jobs.