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I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises - but only performance is... →
Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away.
He suffered from paralysis by analysis.
Management manages by making decisions and by seeing that those decisions are implemented.
You can know a person by the kind of desk he keeps. If the president of a company has a clean desk then it must be the executive vice president who... →
A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason.
Management must manage!
It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises-but only performance is reality.
I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them.
Performance is your reality. Forget everything else.
The worst disease which can afflict business executives in their work is not, as popularly supposed, alcoholism; it's egotism.
It's better to take over and build upon an existing business than to start a new one.
You can't run a business or anything else on a theory.