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It is more productive to convert an opportunity into results than to solve a problem – which only restores the equilibrium of yesterday.

Peter Drucker

History has been written not by the most talented but by the most motivated.
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History Motivational Talent Writing
One cannot hire a hand – the whole man always comes with it.
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Business Hands Man Oneself
Plan, organize, integrate, motivate, and measure.
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Integrity Motivational Planning
A decision without an alternative is a desperate gambler’s throw.
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Choice Decision
Entrepreneurship is neither a science nor an art. It is a practice.
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Art Entrepreneur Practice Science
When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.
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Education Important
If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.
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Inspirational Stop Yourself
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
A person can perform only from strength. One cannot build performance on weakness, let alone on something one cannot do at all.
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Alone Person Strength Weakness
Managing yourself requires taking responsibility for relationships.
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Relationship Responsibility Yourself
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
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
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
Keep your eye on the task, not on yourself. The task matters, and you are a servant.
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Eyes Job Yourself
People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.
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Mistake People Risk
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

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