It takes far more energy and work to improve from incompetence to mediocrity than it takes to improve from first-rate performance to excellence.
PETER DRUCKERRank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.
More Peter Drucker Quotes
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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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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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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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The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.
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Effective executives know that their subordinates are paid to perform and not to please their superiors.
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There is no such thing as a good man. Good for what? is the question.
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History has been written not by the most talented but by the most motivated.
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What’s measured improves.
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We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.
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The less an organization has to do to produce results, the better it does its job.
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Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
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One cannot hire a hand – the whole man always comes with it.
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Intelligence, imagination, and knowledge are essential resources, but only effectiveness converts them into results.
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People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.
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When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.
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