He isn’t a real boss until he has trained subordinates to shoulder most of his responsibilities.
WILLIAM FEATHERNext to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke.
More William Feather Quotes
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When ordering lunch, the big executives are just as indecisive as the rest of us.
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The tragedy is that so many have ambition and so few have ability.
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Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious.
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That they may have a little peace, even the best dogs are compelled to snarl occasionally.
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Few of us get anything without working for it.
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Business is always interfering with pleasure – but it makes other pleasures possible.
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When lying, be emphatic and indignant, thus behaving like your children.
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Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed the principles that were known to our grandfathers.
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Here is the secret of inspiration: Tell yourself that thousands and tens of thousands of people, not very intelligent and certainly no more intelligent than the rest of us, have mastered problems as difficult as those that now baffle you.
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Every social injustice is not only cruel, but it is economic waste.
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Most of us regard good luck as our right, and bad luck as a betrayal of that right.
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An invitation to a wedding invokes more trouble than a summons to a police court.
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Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
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Beware of the person who can’t be bothered by details.
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Finishing a good book is like leaving a good friend.
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