By definition, it is not ...

By definition, it is not possible to everyone to be above the average.
By definition, it is not possible to everyone to be above the average.
 James C. Collins

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Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
 William Tecumseh Sherman
The same mentality that leads to environmental despoliation, environmental destruction, also leads to damage to people.
 Naomi Oreskes
You can't break poor people mentality. Once you grow up poor, you don't take anything for granted. It can have the negative side also because you can never truly be relaxed.
 Will Smith
The man with the average mentality, but with control, with a definite goal, and a clear conception of how it can be gained, and above all, with the power of application and labor, wins in the end.
 William Howard Taft
I think society had to grow up to the mentality of Peter Norman.
 John Carlos

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Those who turn good organizations into great organizations are motivated by a deep creative urge and an inner compulsion for sheer unadulterated excellence for its own sake.
 James C. Collins
I am not failing - I am growing! Do you have the ability to reframe failure as growth in order to achieve your goals?
 James C. Collins
Those who build and perpetuate mediocrity...are motivated more by the fear of being left behind.
 James C. Collins
It's more important than ever to define yourself in terms of what you stand for rather than what you make, because what you make is going to become outmoded faster than it has at any time in the past. ...hang on to the idea of who you are as a company, and focus not on what you do, but on what you could do. By being really clear about what you stand for and why you exist, you can see what you could do with a much more open mind. You enhance your ability to adapt to change.
 James C. Collins
A company should limit its growth based on its ability to attract enough of the right people.
 James C. Collins