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Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves – their strengths, their values, and how they best perform.

Peter Drucker

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
Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.
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Efficient Moral Right
Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.
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Power Privilege Responsibility
There is no such thing as a good man. Good for what? is the question.
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Goodness Man Philosophy
Business has only two functions – marketing and innovation.
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Business Innovation
People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.
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Mistake People Risk
Working on the right things is what makes knowledge work effective.
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Inspirational Knowledge Right
So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.
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Difficult People
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
A well-managed factory is boring. Nothing exciting happens in it because the crises have been anticipated and have been converted into routine.
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Business Excitement
Management is about human beings. Its task is to make people capable of joint performance, to make their strengths effective and their weaknesses irrelevant.
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Human People Strength Weakness
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 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
The computer is a moron.
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Stupidity Technology
Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.
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Courage Decision See Success Yourself
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

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