leadership
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Ethan Anderson added 7d
Greatness does not come out of intelligence, it comes from character.
Character is not formed out of smart people: it is formed out of people who have suffered.
-Jensen Huang
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Ethan Anderson added 1mo
“What focus means is saying ‘No’ to something that you—with every bone in your body—you think is a phenomenal idea. And you wake up thinking about it. But you say ‘No’ to it, because you’re focusing on something else.”
Quote by: Sir Jony Ive, discussing Steve Jobs .
Jonathan Yagel • 1, #102 - A hard 'No'
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“It's so simple, yet makes such a difference. Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important.'”
Brain Food: Maximum Flexibility
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Ethan Anderson added 2mo
David Ogilvy’s top 10 leadership traits.
From the book The Unpublished David Ogilvy.
Via David Sentra on Twitter (@FoundersPodcast).
Insight after building 3 companies to $200M:
Successful companies have 2-3 KPIs, not 12.
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Clarity and focus are hallmarks of successful organizations.
I have come to the conviction that if you cannot translate your thoughts into uneducated language, then your thoughts were confused. Power to translate is the test of having really understood one's own meaning.
—C.S. Lewis
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