Once you are implementing your focused "great ideas," don't let your desire for perfection stand in the way of achieving solid performance metrics.
3. Perfection is the enemy of the "good enough". Once you are implementing your focused "great ideas," don't let your desire for perfection stand in the way of achieving solid performance metrics.
If you haven't achieved solid academic performance in high school, don't believe a university, its leadership, advertisements, or admissions officers when they tell you not to worry about going into debt for your degree.
"Although our professional publishing and cable television operations achieved solid earnings growth during the quarter, their performance only partially offset the marked deterioration in our newspaper publishing segment," said Robert F. Erburu, Times Mirror's chairman and chief executive.
The auctions achieved solid prices.
All patients achieved solid union.
All but one patient achieved solid radiographic fusion.
The CEO, Lloyd Blankfein, said Goldman had achieved a "generally solid" performance, given the "still challenging economic environment", adding: We continue to be disciplined in managing our operations and capital, while effectively serving our clients' needs.
The solid performance was achieved by selling some assets to offset claims from last year's devastating hurricane season, which cost Munich Re €2.3 billion ($2.9 billion).Drugs war?Schering, a German pharmaceutical company, said it would reject a takeover bid by Merck, its larger compatriot, claiming the price, which Schering valued at €14.6 billion ($17.5 billion), was too low.
As the global recession abated in 2010, energy producers, automakers, airlines, and manufacturers generally posted solid performances, achieving in some cases the best earnings in years.
