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If you want to achieve Excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less than Excellent work. The first 99.9% of getting from here to there is the determination to do it and not to compromise, no matter what set of road blocks those around you erect.

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EXCELLENCE in <140 Characters: Cherish your people, cuddle your customers, wander around, “try it” beats “talk about it,” Excellence or else, tell the truth.

If not excellence, what? If not excellence now, when?

The Little Big Things: 163 Ways To Pursue Excellence (2010)

No such thing as a 'non-leader.' Every day offers every one of us scads of leadership opportunities.

Punctuality at meetings influences culture of punctuality, i.e., promise-keeping in general, on-time deliveries, etc.

Without exception, the dominance and coherence of culture proved to be an essential quality of the excellent companies.

In Search of Excellence (1982)

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