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Jim's Gems: Repetition Brings Results

QM 0222 CLMN Face AUTHOR Jim Smith
Jim L. Smith
October 29, 2010
There is tremendous power in the repetition of our thoughts and actions.
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Jim's Gems: Make Progress, Not Promises

October 20, 2010
Every positive, productive action builds our credibility and promotes our reputation.
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Jim's Gems: Change Your Life

QM 0222 CLMN Face AUTHOR Jim Smith
Jim L. Smith
October 13, 2010
Life is constantly changing, and in those changes come opportunity.
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Treat Annoyances as Opportunities

QM 0222 CLMN Face AUTHOR Jim Smith
Jim L. Smith
October 6, 2010
When you let the little problems get you down, then you give the big problems the power to overwhelm you.
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Quality Remix: What is the Purpose of Data?

Evan Miller
October 5, 2010
I ran into a statement the other day that really got my attention: “The value of data and statistics is not in the numbers or the charts, but in the conversations we hold around them.”
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Jim's Gems: Be Amazed

September 22, 2010
Don't stop when you've done just enough. With a little extra effort, you can achieve so much more.
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Opportunities Surround Us

QM 0222 CLMN Face AUTHOR Jim Smith
Jim L. Smith
September 14, 2010
Choose to take the actions that will turn the best opportunities into real and lasting achievements.
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Quality Remix: More on Quality - The End of Lean?

Douglas Burleigh
September 11, 2010
Lean was pushed much harder by aerospace management than the earlier programs were. In some companies, lean achieved the status of a cult religion. Individuals who embraced the program, or just wanted to please management, got on the “lean bandwagon.”
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Jim's Gems: Inner Strength

QM 0222 CLMN Face AUTHOR Jim Smith
Jim L. Smith
September 8, 2010
When we feel the urge to be critical of someone else, we need to stop, think and look first within ourself.
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Jim's Gems: How Will You Respond

QM 0222 CLMN Face AUTHOR Jim Smith
Jim L. Smith
September 1, 2010
The key to success and fulfillment is to take whatever happens and to do something useful and valuable with it.
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