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Effective executives know that their subordinates are paid to perform and not to please their superiors.

Peter Drucker

Like so many brilliant people, he believes that ideas move mountains. But bulldozers move mountains; ideas show where the bulldozers should go to work.
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Believe Himself Ideas People
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
Is this still worth doing? And if it isn’t, he gets rid of it so as to be able to concentrate on the few tasks that, if done with excellence, will really make a difference in the results of his own job and in the performance of his organization.
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Difference Excellence Job Result Worth
It takes far more energy and work to improve from incompetence to mediocrity than it takes to improve from first-rate performance to excellence.
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Excellence Improvement
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 purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.
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Business Creation Customer Purpose
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
Working on the right things is what makes knowledge work effective.
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Inspirational Knowledge Right
Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.
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Power Privilege Responsibility
The best way to predict your future is to create it.
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Best Creation Future Yourself
You should not change yourself, but create yourself, that mean build around your strengths and removing bad habits
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Bad Change Creation Habit Strength Yourself
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
Managing yourself requires taking responsibility for relationships.
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Relationship Responsibility Yourself
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
Plan, organize, integrate, motivate, and measure.
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Integrity Motivational Planning
Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.
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Commitment Hope Planning Promise

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