James C. Collins: Quotes about people

James C. Collins is American business consultant and writer. Explore interesting quotes on people.
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“For no matter what we achieve, if we don't spend the vast majority of our time with people we love and respect, we cannot possibly have a great life.”

Highlighted section cited in: Lisa Marshall (2004), Speak the Truth and Point to Hope: The Leader's Journey to Maturity. p. 32
Good to Great, 2001
Context: For no matter what we achieve, if we don't spend the vast majority of our time with people we love and respect, we cannot possibly have a great life. But if we spend the vast majority of our time with people we love and respect – people we really enjoy being on the bus with and who will never disappoint us – then we will almost certainly have a great life, no matter where the bus goes. The people we interviewed from the good-to-great companies clearly loved what they did, largely because they loved who they did it with.

“Great vision without great people is irrelevant.”

Source: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

“A company should limit its growth based on its ability to attract enough of the right people.”

Source: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

“Put your best people on your biggest opportunities, not your biggest problems. In”

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't