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Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

Peter Drucker

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
Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship the act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth.
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Act Creation Entrepreneur Innovation Money
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
If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.
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Inspirational Stop Yourself
Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.
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Courage Decision See Success 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
The less an organization has to do to produce results, the better it does its job.
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Better Business Job Result
The computer is a moron.
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Stupidity Technology
When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.
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Education Important
Managing yourself requires taking responsibility for relationships.
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Relationship Responsibility Yourself
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
Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.
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Efficient Moral Right
Plan, organize, integrate, motivate, and measure.
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Integrity Motivational Planning
One cannot hire a hand – the whole man always comes with it.
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Business Hands Man Oneself
Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.
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Character Leadership Result
Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems.
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Opportunity Problem Result

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