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On overnight flights, I have trained myself to get to sleep almost instantly after takeoff. I always listen to the same audiobook on my iPod so my brain knows, regardless of time zone, that that voice means it's time for bed.

~Margaret Heffernan

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Huge open source organizations like Red Hat and Mozilla manage the collaboration of hundreds of people who don't know one another and have spent no time hanging around the water cooler.

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I don't think a true company - one that builds sustainable value - can ever only exist online or remotely.

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Most executives I know are so action-oriented, or action-addicted, that time for reflection is the first casualty of their success.

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Speaking is what most people work on. They forget the thinking and the breathing and instead try to occupy space with sound.

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Clearing your head of distractions in order to notice and understand the people you are with can feel inefficient - there are so many other people and issues to think about. But being present makes you effective.

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I'm all for ambition and stretch goals. I set them for myself. But leadership isn't the same as cheerleading. Believing in something is a necessary but absolutely insufficient condition for making it come true.

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In business, staying focused requires that you turn most opportunities down.

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If the company depends entirely on you - your creativity, ingenuity, inspiration, salesmanship or charisma - nobody will want to buy it. The risk and the dependency are too great.

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Companies are bought for their revenue, customer base, technology, or people. A few great companies offer all of these, but any valuable business offers one.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businesswoman

Born: Unknown

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