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Entrepreneurship is neither a science nor an art. It is a practice.

Peter Drucker

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 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
Managing yourself requires taking responsibility for relationships.
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Relationship Responsibility Yourself
A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.
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Knowledge Responsible
People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.
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Mistake People Risk
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
History has been written not by the most talented but by the most motivated.
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History Motivational Talent Writing
So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work.
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Difficult People
Entrepreneurship is risky mainly because so few of the so-called entrepreneurs know what they are doing.
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Entrepreneur Risk
Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.
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Power Privilege Responsibility
It is more productive to convert an opportunity into results than to solve a problem – which only restores the equilibrium of yesterday.
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Opportunity Problem Result
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
No one learns as much about a subject as one who is forced to teach it.
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Force Learning Oneself Teaching
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
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

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