The great majority of executives tend to focus downward. They are occupied with efforts rather than with results. The effective executive focuses on contribution. He looks outward towards goals.

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There are a lot of companies around that need to be restructured and split up, that never had a justification for being.

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Whenever anything is being accomplished, it is being done, I have learned, by a monomaniac with a mission.

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Edison didn't invent the light bulb...Edison invented the electric industry.

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Most executives have learned that what one postpones, one actually abandons...timing is a most important element in the success of any effort, lb do five years later what would have been smart to do five years earlier, is almost a sure recipe for frustration and failure.

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Enterprises are paid to create wealth, not control costs.

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Dealmaking beats working. Dealmaking is exciting and fun, and working is grubby.

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Wage is determined, in the last result, by the consumer, without regard to the needs or expectations of the worker.

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No other area offers richer opportunities for successful innovation than the unexpected success.

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If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old.

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