If you make believe that ten guys in pin-striped suits are back in a kindergarten class playing with building blocks, you’ll get a rough picture of what life in a corporation is like.
LEE IACOCCAThere’s no great mystery to satisfying your customers. Build them a quality product and treat them with respect. It’s that simple.
More Lee Iacocca Quotes
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I learned about the strength you can get from a close family life. I learned to keep going, even in bad times. I learned not to despair, even when my world was falling apart. I learned that there are no free lunches. And I learned the value of hard work.
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As you go through life, there are thousands of little forks in the road, and there are a few really big forks-those moments of reckoning, moments of truth.
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If you own up to your mistakes, you don’t suffer as much. But that’s a tough lesson to learn.
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The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long as it is good, and grabs the new just as soon as it is better.
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There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.
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There’s a billboard in a little farm town in the Midwest that says: IF YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT FARMERS, DON’T TALK WITH YOUR MOUTH FULL.
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I’d really love to meet the guy I’m supposed to be. I’d hire him in a second.
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I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.
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The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being.
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Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don’t just stand there, make it happen.
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I guess that’s one achievement I’m really proud of. Saving Chrysler was more than jobs, more than shareholder value. Saving Chrysler was a good idea for the whole country.
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Every little kid wants to grow up to be a cowboy, and I did.
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A good deal is a state of mind.
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Are we going to be a services power? The double-cheeseburger-hold-the-mayo kings of the world?
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There’s no great mystery to satisfying your customers. Build them a quality product and treat them with respect. It’s that simple.
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