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There is nothing quite so useless, as doing with great efficiency, something that should not be done at all.

Peter Drucker

We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.
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Acceptance Change Learning People Teaching
Intelligence, imagination, and knowledge are essential resources, but only effectiveness converts them into results.
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Imagination Intelligence Result
A man should never be appointed to a managerial position if his vision focuses on people’s weaknesses rather than on their strengths. The man who always knows exactly what people cannot do, but never sees anything they can do, will undermine the spirit of his organization.
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Focus Man People Spirit Strength Vision Weakness
Working on the right things is what makes knowledge work effective.
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Inspirational Knowledge Right
There is only one valid definition of business purpose: to create a customer.
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Business Creation Customer Purpose
Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.
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Power Privilege Responsibility
The three most charismatic leaders in this century inflicted more suffering on the human race than almost any trio in history: Hitler, Stalin, and Mao. What matters is not the leader’s charisma. What matters is the leader’s mission.
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History Human Leadership Suffering
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.
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Goodness Planning
A person can perform only from strength. One cannot build performance on weakness, let alone on something one cannot do at all.
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Alone Person Strength Weakness
This defines entrepreneur and entrepreneurship – the entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.
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Change Entrepreneur Opportunity Search
Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.
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Action Deep Inspirational Quiet Reflection
Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.
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Commitment Hope Planning Promise
So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.
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Difficult People
Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.
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Courage Decision See Success Yourself
No one learns as much about a subject as one who is forced to teach it.
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Force Learning Oneself Teaching
Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship the act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth.
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Act Creation Entrepreneur Innovation Money

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