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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.

Peter Drucker

Managing yourself requires taking responsibility for relationships.
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Relationship Responsibility Yourself
There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.
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Greatness Quite
Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.
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Commitment Hope Planning Promise
A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.
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Knowledge Responsible
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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Excellence Improvement
No one learns as much about a subject as one who is forced to teach it.
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Force Learning Oneself Teaching
The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.
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Communication Deep Important
The one man to distrust, however, is the man who never makes a mistake, never commits a blunder, never fails in what he tries to do. He is either a phony, or he stays with the safe, the tried, and the trivial.
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Commitment Failure Man Mistake Oneself Phone Safety Trust
Working on the right things is what makes knowledge work effective.
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Inspirational Knowledge Right
History has been written not by the most talented but by the most motivated.
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History Motivational Talent Writing
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
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.
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Character Leadership Result
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
Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves – their strengths, their values, and how they best perform.
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Knowledge Strength Success Value
There is nothing quite so useless, as doing with great efficiency, something that should not be done at all.
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Greatness Quite Wasted Time
Entrepreneurship is risky mainly because so few of the so-called entrepreneurs know what they are doing.
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Entrepreneur Risk

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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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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