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Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.

Peter Drucker

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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Difference Excellence Job Result Worth
A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.
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Knowledge Responsible
When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.
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Education Important
Effectiveness must be learned.
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Learning One Liner
No one learns as much about a subject as one who is forced to teach it.
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Force Learning Oneself Teaching
To be sure, the fundamental task of management remains the same: to make people capable of joint performance through common goals, common values, the right structure, and the training and development they need to perform and to respond to change.
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Change Development Fundamental Goal Need People Structure Training Value
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
People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.
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Mistake People Risk
Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.
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Courage Decision See Success Yourself
By themselves, character and integrity do not accomplish anything. But their absence faults everything else. Here, therefore, is the one area where weakness is a disqualification by itself rather than a limitation on performance capacity and strength.
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Accomplishment Character Integrity Limitation Strength Weakness
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.
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Goodness Planning
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
The problem in my life and other people’s lives is not the absence of knowing what to do but the absence of doing it.
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Absence Life People Problem
Keep your eye on the task, not on yourself. The task matters, and you are a servant.
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Eyes Job Yourself
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
History has been written not by the most talented but by the most motivated.
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History Motivational Talent Writing

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