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Unread 28-02-2013, 13:36
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Re: Excellence is Contagious -- But how did you start the ball rolling?

As a mentor, I suspect that I am not alone when I say that I would rather work with teams who

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get up early, eat your Wheaties, work really hard, and go to bed late
rather than teams who make excuses like

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"Well those teams are just good because Acme Corp sends a crack team of genius engineers and managers and a robot bag filled with money to help them out every year"
so it probably becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy.

After speaking with a lot of teams, especially the top teams, I have noticed that the first group all have the passion that Kim spoke of. I suspect that passion would lead them to do well whether or not they had help from "a crack team of genius engineers and managers and a robot bag filled with money to help them out every year". It just might take them a bit longer.

Last edited by philso : 28-02-2013 at 13:47. Reason: clarification
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