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" Good managers have a bias for action. "

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" If you're not confused, you're not paying attention. "

" The top athletes are consummate pros who work obsessively at their craft. Approach yours the same way. "

" Statistically and emotionally, I believe that the way I can be of help to society is by doing what I know and what I've been good at. "

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" I think economics is about passion. Economic progress, whether it is a two-person coffee shop or whether it is Netscape, is about people with brave ideas. Because it is brave to mortgage the house, when you've got two kids, to start a coffee shop. "

" If you really want to kill morale, have layoffs every two months for the next two years. "

" Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures. "

" Everyone has a chance to learn, improve, and build up their skills. "

" I don't want the 35-year-olds in my audience to think of me as as 'pops' giving the kind of advice that only 65-year-olds can understand. "

" Leaders understand the ultimate power of relationships. "

" Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast. "

" If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade. "

" I had no idea what I was doing when I wrote 'Search.' There was no carefully designed work plan. There was no theory that I was out to prove. "

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" Vision is dandy, but sustainable company excellence comes from a huge stable of able managers. "

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" I think it's wonderful to save the world, but you need to be part of the world, too. "

" I don't read many business books. I read good fiction. Business is about people, so my favorite business books are anything by Dickens. "

" Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don't get it, prune. "

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" Anybody who is an entrepreneur is a person who essentially has impaired judgment. The odds of success are zilch. "

" One simply cannot pay tribute to Stephen Covey without saying at the outset that he was a lovely human being. "

" Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change. "

" A passive approach to professional growth will leave you by the wayside. "

" Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past. "

" All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer. "

" For the blue-collar worker, the driving force behind change was factory automation using programmable machine tools. For the office worker, it's office automation using computer technology: enterprise-resource-planning systems, groupware, intranets, extranets, expert systems, the Web, and e-commerce. "

" Regardless of age, regardless of position, regardless of the business we happen to be in, all of us need to understand the importance of branding. We are CEOs of our own companies: Me, Inc. To be in business today, our most important job is to be head marketer for the brand called You. "