Setting up a system that rewards you for meeting your goals and has penalties for failing to hit your target is just as important as putting your goals down on paper.
Pat SummittRead
The willingness to experiment with change may be the most essential ingredient to success at anything.
Interpretation
Embracing change is crucial for achieving success in any area of life.
Pat Summitt's quote emphasizes the importance of being open to change as a fundamental aspect of achieving success. It suggests that adapting and experimenting with new approaches can lead to significant advancements and accomplishments, highlighting that stagnation can hinder progress.
In practice
In a motivational speech about overcoming challenges in business.
Setting up a system that rewards you for meeting your goals and has penalties for failing to hit your target is just as important as putting your goals down on paper.
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You always want your people to be proud of what you have accomplished.
An achievement is a bondage. It obliges one to a higher achievement.
I've never run into a guy who could win at the top level in anything today and didn't have the right attitude, didn't give it everything he had, at least while he was doing it; wasn't prepared and didn't have the whole program worked out.
I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.
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