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History has been written not by the most talented but by the most motivated.

Peter Drucker

Working on the right things is what makes knowledge work effective.
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Inspirational Knowledge Right
Plan, organize, integrate, motivate, and measure.
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Integrity Motivational Planning
There is no such thing as a good man. Good for what? is the question.
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Goodness Man Philosophy
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
We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.
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Acceptance Change Learning People Teaching
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
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 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 only one valid definition of business purpose: to create a customer.
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Business Creation Customer Purpose
The most serious mistakes are not being made as a result of wrong answers. The true dangerous thing is asking the wrong question.
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Danger Result True Wrong
Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.
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Power Privilege Responsibility
There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.
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Greatness Quite
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
History has been written not by the most talented but by the most motivated.
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History Motivational Talent Writing
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 first rule in decision-making is that one does not make a decision unless there is disagreement.
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Decision Oneself Rule

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