Nick Bafatakis
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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.”
Bands are all about teamwork. Players must actively coordinate their sounds with the rest of the team and cooperate to the instructions of the team leader (conductor).
“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.”
― The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable
― The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable
“The reason so many effective solutions take forever to get implemented is that the fear of change is greater than the cost of sticking with what you’ve got. In other words, people wait until they have a heart attack or get diabetes before they go on a diet.”
― TODOS LOS ESPECIALISTAS EN MARKETING SON MENTIROSOS:: Los actuales vendedores de sueños
― TODOS LOS ESPECIALISTAS EN MARKETING SON MENTIROSOS:: Los actuales vendedores de sueños
“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.”
― The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable
― The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable
“The moment the alarm goes off is the first test; it sets the tone for the rest of the day. The test is not a complex one: when the alarm goes off, do you get up out of bed, or do you lie there in comfort and fall back to sleep? If you have the discipline to get out of bed, you win—you pass the test. If you are mentally weak for that moment and you let that weakness keep you in bed, you fail.”
― Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
― Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
“Genius is a rising market. —John Kenneth Galbraith”
― Big Mistakes: The Best Investors and Their Worst Investments
― Big Mistakes: The Best Investors and Their Worst Investments
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