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One cannot hire a hand – the whole man always comes with it.

Peter Drucker

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.
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Goodness Planning
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
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
There is no such thing as a good man. Good for what? is the question.
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Goodness Man Philosophy
If there is any one secret of effectiveness, it is concentration. Effective executives do first things first and they do one thing at a time.
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Secret Time Worth
There is only one valid definition of business purpose: to create a customer.
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Business Creation Customer Purpose
One cannot hire a hand – the whole man always comes with it.
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Business Hands Man Oneself
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
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
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
Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.
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Efficient Moral Right
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
Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else.
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Deep 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
Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems.
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Opportunity Problem Result

One cannot hire a hand – the whole man always comes with it.

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