One of my favorite quotes is Woody Allen’s famous:
> 80 percent of life (success) is showing up.
According to the author, success lies behind making an attempt.
But even when we feel overwhelmed, when we consider giving up, if we do show up, we find ourselves doing our best anyway (provided we have decent work ethics). To be there is often enough. In many ways.
“A formidable person is one who seems like they’ll get what they want, regardless of whatever obstacles are in the way.” – Paul Graham
A formidable organization is one that limits the creation of internal obstacles.
Editor’s note (2013-08-11):
It occured to me that limiting the creation of internal obstacles is rather good enough. To be truly formidable, an organization would need to actively seek for ways to reduce the number of such obstacles.
