Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves – their strengths, their values, and how they best perform.
PETER DRUCKERIntelligence, imagination, and knowledge are essential resources, but only effectiveness converts them into results.
More Peter Drucker Quotes
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When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.
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The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself.
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Is this still worth doing? And if it isn’t, he gets rid of it so as to be able to concentrate on the few tasks that, if done with excellence, will really make a difference in the results of his own job and in the performance of his organization.
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Working on the right things is what makes knowledge work effective.
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If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.
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Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.
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No one learns as much about a subject as one who is forced to teach it.
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Effectiveness must be learned.
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Effective executives know that their subordinates are paid to perform and not to please their superiors.
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Keep your eye on the task, not on yourself. The task matters, and you are a servant.
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There is nothing quite so useless, as doing with great efficiency, something that should not be done at all.
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So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.
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Business has only two functions – marketing and innovation.
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If there is any one secret of effectiveness, it is concentration. Effective executives do first things first and they do one thing at a time.
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The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.
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You should not change yourself, but create yourself, that mean build around your strengths and removing bad habits
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The best way to predict your future is to create it.
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Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.
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Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.
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It takes far more energy and work to improve from incompetence to mediocrity than it takes to improve from first-rate performance to excellence.
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What’s measured improves.
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People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.
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The computer is a moron.
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There is no such thing as a good man. Good for what? is the question.
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A decision without an alternative is a desperate gambler’s throw.
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The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The true dangerous thing is asking the wrong question.
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