A decision without an alternative is a desperate gambler’s throw.
PETER DRUCKERLike so many brilliant people, he believes that ideas move mountains. But bulldozers move mountains; ideas show where the bulldozers should go to work.
More Peter Drucker Quotes
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People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.
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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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Meetings are by definition a concession to deficient organization For one either meets or one works. One cannot do both at the same time.
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Entrepreneurship is risky mainly because so few of the so-called entrepreneurs know what they are doing.
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Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.
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One cannot hire a hand – the whole man always comes with it.
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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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Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves – their strengths, their values, and how they best perform.
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What’s measured improves.
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Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.
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Entrepreneurship is neither a science nor an art. It is a practice.
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The best way to predict your future is to create it.
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There is only one valid definition of business purpose: to create a customer.
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Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.
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There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.
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