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Här är en samling kloka och insiktsfulla citat av **Jim Clifton**, ordförande och VD för Gallup, som rör entreprenörskap, ledarskap, jobb och personligt driv:
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## Citat om entreprenörskap & innovation
* **“An entrepreneur is a person of action, one who possesses an unnatural overload of two attributes: optimism and determination. Because entrepreneurs are optimistic, they don’t see barriers; because they’re determined, they never quit.”**
Ett kraftfullt citat som fångar entreprenörens inre motor – en kombination av obeveklig tro och envis envishet. ([A-Z Quotes][1])
* **“It’s absolutely critical that leaders understand this: An innovation has no value until an ambitious entrepreneur builds a business model around it and turns it into a product or service that customers will buy. If you can’t turn an innovative idea into something that creates a customer, it’s worthless.”**
En skarp påminnelse om att idéer utan genomförande och kundnytta inte räknas. ([Goodreads][2])
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## Citat om jobb och samhällsutveckling
* **“Humans used to desire love, money, food, shelter, safety, peace and freedom more than anything else. The last 30 years have changed us. Now people want to have a good job, and they want their children to have a good job. This changes everything for world leaders.”**
Reflekterar över en djup samhällsförändring — att ett bra jobb nu är centralt för människors drömmar och ledarskap. ([Goodreads][3])
* **“What the whole world wants is a good job.”**
Kort och kärnfullt: i grunden handlar allt om tillgången till meningsfullt arbete. ([Goodreads][3])
* **“I hear all the time that ’unemployment is greatly reduced, but the people aren’t feeling it.’ … When the media, talking heads, the White House and Wall Street start reporting the truth – the percent of Americans in good jobs; jobs that are full time and real – then we will quit wondering why Americans aren’t ’feeling’ something that doesn’t remotely reflect the reality in their lives. And we will also quit wondering what hollowed out the middle class.”**
En kritisk blick på hur statistik inte alltid överensstämmer med verklig tillvaro. ([A-Z Quotes][4])
* **“Gallup defines a good job as 30+ hours per week for an organization that provides a regular paycheck. Right now … we need that to be 50% and a bare minimum of 10 million new, good jobs to replenish America’s middle class.”**
Ett konkret mål med hörnstenen i ett stabilt samhälle — fler riktiga jobb. ([A-Z Quotes][5])
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## Citat om ledarskap och skaparkraft
* **“The demands of leadership have changed. The highest levels of leadership require mastery of a new task: job creation.”**
Hävdar att modern ledarskap handlar om att skapa möjligheter och jobb – inte bara att styra. ([A-Z Quotes][1])
* **“Society scouts halfbacks, but not the next Steve Jobs.”**
Kritiserar hur vi tenderar att investera i talang inom sport, men sällan identifierar och stöder framtida företagsbyggare. ([Axios][6])
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### Sammanfattande översikt
| Tema | Citat |
| ——————- | —————————————————————————————- |
| **Entreprenörskap** | “Entrepreneurs… optimism and determination.”
“Innovation… worthless until executed.” |
| **Jobb & samhälle** | “What the whole world wants is a good job.”
Jobb är social identitet och drivkraft. |
| **Ledarskap** | “Leadership requires job creation.”
“We scout athletes, not builders.” |
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Vill du ha fler citat med fokus på exempelvis ledarskapsteori, styrkebaserat ledarskap (CliftonStrengths), eller från hans böcker *The Coming Jobs War* eller *Born to Build*? Jag hjälper gärna vidare!
[1]: https://www.azquotes.com/author/92489-Jim_Clifton?utm_source=chatgpt.com ”TOP 7 QUOTES BY JIM CLIFTON”
[2]: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/6467906-it-s-absolutely-critical-that-leaders-understand-this-an-innovation-has?utm_source=chatgpt.com ”Quote by Jim Clifton: “It’s absolutely critical that leaders …”
[3]: https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/5196472.Jim_Clifton?utm_source=chatgpt.com ”Quotes by Jim Clifton (Author of It’s the Manager) – Goodreads”
[4]: https://www.azquotes.com/quote/1498833?utm_source=chatgpt.com ”I hear all the time that ’unemployment is greatly reduced…”
[5]: https://www.azquotes.com/quote/1498832?utm_source=chatgpt.com ”Jim Clifton quote: Gallup defines a good job as 30+ hours …”
[6]: https://www.axios.com/2018/06/03/the-us-isnt-sco-1528041086?utm_source=chatgpt.com ”Gallup CEO: U.S. scouts halfbacks, but not the next Steve Jobs”