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Maynard Webb is a renowned author born in 1955. His works cover a variety of fields, including business, technology, and leadership. Webb is known for his profound insights and extensive business experience, having held senior management positions in several prominent technology companies.

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“Replace every I can't with how can I ... I promise it will bring whatever you want to accomplish much closer to becoming a reality.”

Innovation Improvement Think How Can I

Book:Rebooting Work: Transform How You Work in the Age of Entrepreneurship

Source: Rebooting Work: Transform How You Work in the Age of Entrepreneurship

“Flexibility has become a modern day value that everyone wants. But flexibility comes with a cost.”

Want Values Modern Cost Flexibility Modern Day

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“As a technologist, I'm obsessed with searching for the next killer app.”

Next Obsessed Killers Apps

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“Every day I am inspired by what's possible.”

Book:Rebooting Work: Transform How You Work in the Age of Entrepreneurship

Source: Rebooting Work: Transform How You Work in the Age of Entrepreneurship

“Jobs will come back when the economy recovers, but they will never be the same.”

Jobs Economy Back When

Book:Rebooting Work: Transform How You Work in the Age of Entrepreneurship

Source: Rebooting Work: Transform How You Work in the Age of Entrepreneurship

“There are lots of jobs in search of talent. And there's lots of talent in search of meaningful work.”

Jobs Talent Meaningful Meaningful Work

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“With sports, there's no entitlement on the field. It's about numbers. It's about results. It's about outcomes.”

Sports Results Numbers Fields Outcomes Entitlement Entitlement Programs

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“By the time I got to be director of product management at Thomas-Conrad, I was in a better negotiating position, as I had accumulated more accomplishments and gained a reputation for having a great work ethic.”

Position Products Directors Ethics Management Reputation Accomplishment Work Ethic Great Work Negotiating Great Work Ethic

Book:Rebooting Work: Transform How You Work in the Age of Entrepreneurship

Source: Rebooting Work: Transform How You Work in the Age of Entrepreneurship

“I am thoroughly enjoying spending the majority of my time with entrepreneurs. I find that their enthusiasm, dedication, willingness to take huge risks and desire to make a dramatic impact quite inspiring.”

Desire Enjoy Risk Huge Impact Majority Entrepreneur Spending Enthusiasm Dramatic My Time Willingness Dedication

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“I came out of retirement to run a start-up, Historically, I seldom used all of my vacation time, and the last sick day I took was in 1992. I am a sick puppy.”

Running Lasts Used Sick Retirement Vacation Puppy Vacation Time Sick Days

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“I consistently run into young adults who have quickly turned away from traditional jobs at great companies to try their hand at a start-up. I believe that some of this stems from the desire to strike it big like Mark Zuckerberg, but I also believe it is because starting a company has become far cooler than working in one.”

Trying Believe Hands Bigs Running Jobs Young Desire I Believe Company Adults Mark Starting Young Adult Strikes Traditional Consistently Stem Great Company Zuckerberg

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“I know the rewards of focusing on innovation and outcomes as opposed to hours. I've been fortunate to work with brilliant entrepreneurs who didn't have years of experience and yet they changed the world.”

Knows World Years Hours Changed Innovation Entrepreneur Rewards Brilliant Fortunate Outcomes Years Of Experience

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“I love using the latest technologies to make life more efficient, but I don't want to advocate that technology replaces the need to get together and enjoy human connections with people.”

People Want Needs Humans Together Enjoy Technology Connections Efficient Get Together Human Connection Latest Technology

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“I remember when being a 'a company man' was a badge of honor; today in Silicon Valley it may brand you a loser or, in the best case scenario, someone afraid to take risks. Ten years ago, if you saw a resume that had multiple jobs in ten years, you would be worried about the capability of the individual. Not so now.”

“I used to pride myself on being the first in the office in the morning and one of the last to leave at night. Now, that's so dated: It's not about effort, it's about outcomes.”

Firsts Lasts Used Night Effort Morning Pride Office Outcomes

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“In talking to founder after founder; I've heard almost visceral reactions to working for companies, even very cool ones with great things to work on and lots of opportunity, like Facebook, Google, or consulting firms.”

Opportunity Company Talking Heard Reactions Great Things Firm Founders Google Visceral Consulting Very Cool Like Facebook

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“Independent contractors - a rapidly growing piece of the workforce - can often achieve the best quality of life. They can choose from where they work, whom they work for and for how long.”

Long Quality Pieces Growing Achieve Independent Quality Of Life Workforce Contractor

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“It makes common sense to be managed by results and it's freeing to know you are in control of your own destiny. I'm so passionate about this because I have seen how merit-based judgment has helped create individual successes and yield a better system for everyone.”

Knows Individual Results Common Destiny Judgment Passionate Common Sense Merit Yield Individual Success

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“It's fantastic that the world is becoming more open to different ways of working, but we still have a long way to go in terms of changing perceptions.”

World Way Long Stills Different Term Becoming Perception Fantastic Different Ways Long Way Becoming More Long Way To Go

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“Technology, and applications of this technology, will continue to improve and evolve, providing unprecedented, global access to information, individuals, training, and opportunities.”

Opportunity Individual Technology Information Training Access Evolve Application Providing Unprecedented Access To Information

Book:Rebooting Work: Transform How You Work in the Age of Entrepreneurship

Source: Rebooting Work: Transform How You Work in the Age of Entrepreneurship

“The best way to have your people be happy and satisfied is to earn the right to have them come back to work for you the next day, knowing that there are tons of other places.”

People Way Next Knowing Satisfied Best Way Next Day Back To Work

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“The most direct path to achievement whether you're an entrepreneur, a company executive, or a pro soccer player is to be a great performer and a great team member. This is also the secret to a meaningful career and self-fulfillment.”

“The notions of going to work, putting in set hours, and getting 'face time' are increasingly antiquated ideas. Because of technology we have entered a modern era of work where we can work from wherever we want, whenever we want and we can be more productive and make greater contributions than ever before.”

Want Ideas Faces Hours Technology Greater Modern Notion Eras Contribution Productive Going To Work Modern Era

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“There's a false notion that success is a zero sum game. To win in our careers we have to give up family. To work hard we have to sacrifice sleep. To accomplish we must take (or borrow or steal) from somewhere else in our lives. It's just not the case.”

Giving Hard Games Winning Sleep Careers Cases Our Lives Sacrifice Hard Work Giving Up Notion Accomplish Stealing Zero Somewhere Else Zero Sum Game

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“There's never been a better time to change the way you think. Replace every 'I can't' with 'How can I?' It might sound like semantics, but I promise it will bring whatever you want to accomplish much closer to becoming a reality.”

Thinking Way Want I Can Reality Might Sound Becoming Promise Accomplish I Promise Semantics

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“Man, we’ve got something special. Don’t screw it up.”

Men Special Screws Something Special

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“If you are willing to dream and then work hard and execute well, you can achieve more than you ever imagined.”

Ifs Wells Hard Dream Achieve Willing Hard Work

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“All companies can benefit from fostering a more flexible environment (creating a place where the most talented, industrious, and entrepreneurial people want to work) and relinquishing hierarchical control to favor a results-oriented meritocracy.”

People Want Results Company Environment Benefits Creating Favors Flexible Entrepreneurial Industrious Meritocracy Fostering Relinquishing Relinquishing Control

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Born: 1955
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