Metadata
- Author: Jim Collins
- ASIN: B08G489R8R
- ISBN: B0DLGTSM8L
- Reference: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08G489R8R
- Kindle link
Highlights
Hewlett believed that a company had a responsibility to everyone it touched and that the people who worked hard to make the company successful deserved to share in the wealth that they helped create. — location: 335 ^ref-49622
If you spend your life keeping your options open, that’s exactly what you’ll do … spend your life keeping your options open. — location: 382 ^ref-27939
people rise to what you believe of them. — location: 393 ^ref-54951
Never leave yourself open to catastrophe; keep your eyes on the cash flow,” — location: 396 ^ref-1915
Trustworthy people feel validated and motivated by being trusted. — location: 398 ^ref-56047
there is more upside and less downside to an opening bid of trust than an opening bid of mistrust. — location: 402 ^ref-7146
“Transactions can give you success, but only relationships make for a great life.” — location: 412 ^ref-25039
entrepreneurial success shouldn’t be primarily about what you do but about who you are. — location: 432 ^ref-40850
If you define success by money, you always lose. The real scorecard in life is how well you build meaningful relationships and how well you live to your core values. — location: 438 ^ref-18125
a company should start not so much with a business plan, but almost with a Declaration of Independence that begins with a statement of values: We hold these truths to be self-evident. Values come first, and all else follows—in business, in career, in life. — location: 441 ^ref-16905
living to core values is often inconvenient, sometimes costly, and always demanding. — location: 456 ^ref-29841