Marcus Buckingham Short Quotes

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You cannot learn very much about excellence from studying failure.

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You will excel only by maximizing your strengths, never by fixing your weaknesses.

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Everyone can probably do at least one thing better than ten thousand other people.

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The opposite of a leader isn't a follower. The opposite of a leader is a pessimist.

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Don't waste time trying to put in what was left out. Try to draw out what was left in.

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Each person's greatest room for growth is in the areas of his or her greatest strength.

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We live with them every day, and they come so easily to us that they cease to be precious.

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Sustained success means making the greatest possible impact over the longest period of time

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In most cases, no matter what it is, if you measure it and reward it, people will try to excel at it

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Every time you make a rule you take away a choice, and choice, with all of its illuminating repercussions, is the fuel for learning.

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Clarity is the antidote to anxiety, and therefore clarity is the preoccupation of the effective leader. If you do nothing else as a leader, be clear.

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Many of us feel stress and get overwhelmed not because we're taking on too much, but because we're taking on too little of what really strengthens us.

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What defines a leader is his preoccupation with the future. In his head he carries a vivid image of what the future could be, and this image drives him on.

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The secret to living a strong life is right in front of you, calling to you every day. It can be found in your emotional reaction to specific moments in your life.

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Passion isn't something that lives way up in the sky, in abstract dreams and hopes. It lives at ground level, in the specific details of what you're doing every day.

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Talent is the multiplier. The more energy and attention you invest in it, the greater the yield. The time you spend with your best is, quite simply, your most productive time.

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