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What is the question we always ask about the successful? We want to know what they’re like – what kind of personalities they have, or how intelligent they are, or what kind of lifestyles they have, or what special talents they might have been born with. And we assume that it is those personal qualities that explain how that individual reached the top … I … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Malcolm Gladwell | Source: Ivey Business Journal | Subjects: Achievement, Organizational Behavior, Personality / Behavior, Success / Failure

Although we need not “correct” for luck when allocating economic reward it is worth considering the role of luck when allocating other valuable commodities, such as our moral approbation and our efforts to learn from the experiences of others. Those who win lotteries justifiably get to keep the money, but few of us admire lottery winners just because they won the lottery. (Don’t confuse envy … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Authors: Jeff Schulz , Michael E. Raynor, Mumtaz Ahmed | Source: Deloitte Review | Subjects: Achievement, Luck

Don’t wait for perfection, praise progress.

Content: Quotation | Author: Michael Wagner | Subjects: Achievement, Progress

The awkward truth is that while failure may teach a company how to succeed, success often teaches a company to fail, by misleading it into thinking that it knows more than it does.

Content: Quotation | Author: James Krohe Jr. | Source: The Conference Board Review | Subjects: Achievement, Success / Failure

High performance isn’t just about achieving “greatness” or “excellence,” concepts that are far too static. Nor is it just about ensuring long-term survival by building a company that will last. High performance is about outperforming rivals again and again, even as the basis of competition in an industry or market changes.

Content: Quotation | Authors: Paul F. Nunes, Tim Breene | Source: Outlook Journal (Accenture) | Subjects: Achievement, Management

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.

Content: Quotation | Author: T.S. Elliot | Subject: Achievement

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

Content: Quotation | Author: Henry Ward Beecher | Subject: Achievement

The biggest obstacle in performance isn’t not knowing what to do; it’s not doing what we already know.

Content: Quotation | Author: Alan Fine | Source: ChangeThis | Subjects: Achievement, Personal Development, Success / Failure

Human beings have this thing I call the “Pissed Off Gene.” Itʼs that bit of our psyche that makes us utterly dissatisfied with our lot, no matter how kindly fortune smiles upon us.

Content: Quotation | Author: Hugh MacLeod | Source: ChangeThis | Subject: Achievement

If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.

Content: Quotation | Author: Andrew Carnegie | Subjects: Achievement, Goals, Personal Development

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

Content: Quotation | Author: John Wooden | Subject: Achievement

If you’re remarkable, then it’s likely that some people won’t like you. That’s part of the definition of remarkable. Nobody gets unanimous praise — ever. The best the timid can hope for is to be unnoticed. Criticism comes to those who stand out.

Content: Quotation | Author: Seth Godin | Source: Fast Company | Subject: Achievement

Trying to implant a goal that is incongruent with the self-image is like trying to plant a grain by dropping seeds on rock-hard, bone-dry ground. No one can consistently out perform his or her self-image. No one can overcome it with willpower. No one can sneak past it and perform in an incongruent manner. The bottom line is that you cannot “do” things without “being” … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Maxwell Maltz | Subjects: Achievement, Goals, Organizational Behavior, Personal Development, Personality / Behavior

Progress is not created by contented people.

Content: Quotation | Author: Frank Tyger | Source: 800-CEO-READ (8CR) | Subjects: Achievement, Progress

Some people seem to have unlimited self-generated morale. These almost always succeed. At the other extreme, there are people who seem to have no ability to do this; they need a boss to motivate them. In the middle there is a large band of people who have some, but not unlimited, ability to motivate themselves. These can succeed through careful morale management (and some luck). … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Paul Graham | Source: Inc. Magazine | Subjects: Achievement, Human Resources, Management, Motivation, Organizational Behavior

Somehow I can’t believe there are many heights that can’t be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true. This special secret can be summarized in four C’s. They are curiosity, confidence, courage and constancy, and the greatest of these is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way. Have confidence in your ability to … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Subject: Achievement

The GMAT is a surrogate of IQ because it measures analytic abilities. Getting in the 90th percentile positions you for a career platform that starts out at a very high level. But, everyone else on that career platform has similar cognitive aptitudes. There’s very little to distinguish you on an intellectual basis. The other aptitudes turn out to matter more for real-world success, because there … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Daniel Goleman | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Achievement, Intelligence

Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it’s not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failure along the way. The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Barack Obama | Source: Bruce Lynn Blog | Subject: Achievement

Although the cost of excessive caution is harder to measure than that of recklessness, it is no less real.

Content: Quotation | Source: The Wilson Quarterly | Subjects: Achievement, Management, Organizational Behavior

True greatness has never been achieved in 8 hours a day, five days a week, with a four week vacation per year.

Content: Quotation | Author: Anthony F. Smith | Source: Emerald for Managers | Subject: Achievement