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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.

Peter Drucker

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
Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else.
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Deep Time
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 computer is a moron.
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Stupidity Technology
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 most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.
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Communication Deep Important
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.
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Character Leadership Result
Managing yourself requires taking responsibility for relationships.
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Relationship Responsibility Yourself
There is only one valid definition of business purpose: to create a customer.
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Business Creation Customer Purpose
Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.
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Commitment Hope Planning Promise
Entrepreneurship is neither a science nor an art. It is a practice.
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Art Entrepreneur Practice Science
There is nothing quite so useless, as doing with great efficiency, something that should not be done at all.
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Greatness Quite Wasted Time
A decision without an alternative is a desperate gambler’s throw.
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Choice Decision
The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.
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Business Creation Customer Purpose
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
Effective executives know that their subordinates are paid to perform and not to please their superiors.
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Job Pay

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