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There is nothing quite so useless, as doing with great efficiency, something that should not be done at all.

Peter Drucker

Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems.
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Opportunity Problem Result
Entrepreneurship is risky mainly because so few of the so-called entrepreneurs know what they are doing.
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Entrepreneur Risk
Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else.
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Deep Time
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
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
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
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
Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.
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Courage Decision See Success Yourself
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
A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.
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Knowledge Responsible
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
A decision without an alternative is a desperate gambler’s throw.
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Choice Decision
Keep your eye on the task, not on yourself. The task matters, and you are a servant.
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Eyes Job Yourself
Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.
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Efficient Moral Right
Business has only two functions – marketing and innovation.
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Business Innovation

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