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Ruthless Consistency: How Committed Leaders Execute Strategy, Implement Change, and Build Organizations That Win
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Ruthless Consistency: How Committed Leaders Execute Strategy, Implement Change, and Build Organizations That Win

by Michael Canic
September 2020
Intermediate to advanced
208 pages
5h 9m
English
McGraw-Hill
Audiobook available
Content preview from Ruthless Consistency: How Committed Leaders Execute Strategy, Implement Change, and Build Organizations That Win

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THE ENEMY THAT GROWS STRONGER BY THE DAY

The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.

—Warren Buffett

 

THEY’RE COMING AT YOU from all directions. They’re growing, they’re getting stronger, and if you don’t avoid them or fend them off, you will fail.

Distractions. It’s like you’re at the Grand Bazaar with a thousand vendors yelling at you, pulling at you, enticing you with their wares. And it’s never-ending.

DON’T CONFUSE DISTRACTIONS WITH DISTRACTIBILITY

Distractions don’t torpedo strategy execution; distractibility does. Much like the distinction engineers make between stress and strain—stress is the force applied to an object; strain is the response ...

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ISBN: 9781260459821