Nick Bafatakis

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The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win by Gene Kim

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In the Marines, keeping the barracks neat and tidy was not only for aesthetics but also for safety. Old habits die hard.

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

by Patrick Lencioni

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“Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do. —Baltasar Gracian”
― Michael Batnick, Big Mistakes: The Best Investors and Their Worst Investments

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“Key fact: in 2003 pharmaceutical companies spent more on marketing and sales than they did on research and development. When it comes time to invest, it’s pretty clear that spreading the ideas behind the medicine is more important than inventing the medicine itself.”
― Seth Godin, TODOS LOS ESPECIALISTAS EN MARKETING SON MENTIROSOS:: Los actuales vendedores de sueños

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“By removing blame, you remove fear; by removing fear, you enable honesty; and honesty enables prevention.”
― Gene Kim, The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win

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“All great relationships, the ones that last over time, require productive conflict in order to grow. This is true in marriage, parenthood, friendship, and certainly business.”
― Patrick Lencioni, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

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“You see, I don’t understand why everyone thinks sports is the only way to learn about teamwork. I never played sports much, even as a kid. But I was in a band in high school and college, and I think I figured out the team thing from that.”
― Patrick Lencioni, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable

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