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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

Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.
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Drive Future Light Night Road
Meetings are by definition a concession to deficient organization For one either meets or one works. One cannot do both at the same time.
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Business Job Oneself Time
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
It is more productive to convert an opportunity into results than to solve a problem – which only restores the equilibrium of yesterday.
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Opportunity Problem Result
The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.
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Communication Deep Important
Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.
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Efficient Moral Right
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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Customer Himself Understand
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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Danger Result True Wrong
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
History has been written not by the most talented but by the most motivated.
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History Motivational Talent Writing
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
A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.
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Knowledge Responsible
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
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Deep Different Leadership Right
Working on the right things is what makes knowledge work effective.
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Inspirational Knowledge Right
The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.
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Business Creation Customer Purpose
Plan, organize, integrate, motivate, and measure.
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Integrity Motivational Planning
Like so many brilliant people, he believes that ideas move mountains. But bulldozers move mountains; ideas show where the bulldozers should go to work.
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Believe Himself Ideas People
The computer is a moron.
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Stupidity Technology
1. What is our mission? 2. Who is our customer? 3. What does the customer value? 4. What are our results? 5. What is our plan?
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Customer Mission Ourselves Planning Result
A decision without an alternative is a desperate gambler’s throw.
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Choice Decision
Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems.
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Opportunity Problem Result
The first rule in decision-making is that one does not make a decision unless there is disagreement.
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Decision Oneself Rule
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
There is no such thing as a good man. Good for what? is the question.
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Goodness Man Philosophy
Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.
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Commitment Hope Planning Promise
The less an organization has to do to produce results, the better it does its job.
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Better Business Job Result
People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.
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Mistake People 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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