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Sense of Urgency

At the very beginning of an effort to make changes of any magnitude, if a sense of urgency is not high enough and complacency is not low enough, everything else becomes so much more difficult.

John P. Kotter, Harvard Business School Professor and international bestseller on the subjects of leadership and change

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, scientist, inventor, anatomist, and writer

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