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“The Single Biggest Reason Talented People Fail Many gifted, intelligent, charming, decent, charitable and hard-working people fail. One should go so far as to say that most such people fall short of their dreams or at least their potential, because of one reason: They failed to identify in themselves an Achilles’ heel that was common knowledge to other people.”
― Leadership is Hell: How to Manage Well - And Escape with your Soul
― Leadership is Hell: How to Manage Well - And Escape with your Soul
“we are all mortal, and the old must make way for the young.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“No; he is not a man that it is easy to draw out, though he can be communicative enough when the fancy seizes him.”
― The Complete Sherlock Holmes
― The Complete Sherlock Holmes
“From the calm morning, the end will come. When of the dancing horse the number of circles will be nine.” —Nostradamus”
― Nostradamus: A Life from Beginning to End
― Nostradamus: A Life from Beginning to End
“You need to let go of what you’re not good at. You may be charismatic, you may enjoy attention, and many people may enjoy you—but you may still be a mediocre manager, unskilled at follow-through, handling budgets or making tough decisions. Conversely, you may be great at the behind-the-scenes work, but you’ll never be the charming face of the organization. You now need to admit that it’s time to let some things go and hand them to others who can manage better.”
― Leadership is Hell: How to Manage Well - And Escape with your Soul
― Leadership is Hell: How to Manage Well - And Escape with your Soul
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