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People in any organization are always attached to the obsolete – the things that should have worked but did not, the things that once were productive and no longer are.

Peter Drucker

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
The less an organization has to do to produce results, the better it does its job.
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Better Business Job Result
Working on the right things is what makes knowledge work effective.
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Inspirational Knowledge Right
Effective executives know that their subordinates are paid to perform and not to please their superiors.
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Job Pay
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
Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems.
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Opportunity Problem Result
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
One cannot hire a hand – the whole man always comes with it.
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Business Hands Man Oneself
When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.
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Education Important
People in any organization are always attached to the obsolete – the things that should have worked but did not, the things that once were productive and no longer are.
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Attachment Business People
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
There is only one valid definition of business purpose: to create a customer.
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Business Creation Customer Purpose
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
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.
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Goodness Planning
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
Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.
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Power Privilege Responsibility

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