Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.
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They're going to Orlando, and I'm going to Palm Beach. If it were just me, I wouldn't do this. But because there are eight or nine of us, it makes sense to fly this way.
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I have always found that if I move with seventy-five percent or more of the facts that I usually never regret it. It's the guys who wait to have everything perfect that drive you crazy.
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Incompetency begets incompetency. The last thing a guy who isn't sure of himself wants is a guy backing him up who is sure of himself.
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People want economy and they'll pay almost any price to get it.
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In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing civilization along from one generation to the next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone could have.
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We at Chrysler borrow money the old fashion way. We pay it back.
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The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they're expected to do -- they always reach.
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Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss.
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The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.
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I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.
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We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.
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The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.
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Do you want me to tell you something really subversive Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. . . . It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
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In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.
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Any supervisor worth his salt would rather deal with people who attempt too much than with those who try too little.
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The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.
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Management is nothing more than motivating other people.
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If you want to make good use of your time, you’ve got to know what’s most important and then give it all you’ve got.
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We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?
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The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.
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You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere.
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You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere.
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So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.
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Most people are looking for security, a nice, safe, prosperous future. And there's nothing wrong with that. It's called the American Dream.
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I've always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team.
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People want economy and they will pay any price to get it.
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You know, I'm not too sure what you just said. Now everybody gets a great deal.
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My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.
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