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The contribution which the human mind makes to work and business is very much one of picking up information from tiny, seemingly insignificant trifles, and relating them to new ideas or concepts.
Managing to Survive (1993)
Business is often about killing your favourite children to allow others to succeed.
'Troubleshooter.' BBC TV series (1990)
No one is ever in doubt when a business is in overdrive... the whole business begins to hum. Problems cease to be problems and are viewed as opportunities.
All Tbgether Now (1994)
The growth of a large business is merely a survival of the fittest.
I can tell more about how someone is likely to react in a business situation from one round of golf than I can from a hundred hours of meetings.
What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School (1984)
Business demands innovation. There is a constant need to feel around the edges, but business schools, out of necessity, are condemned to teach the past.
What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School (1984)
In our business, the windows of opportunity open and close with dazzling rapidity... I constantly have to remind people to seize the moment.
McCormack on Managing (1985)
A great business has to have a conscience. You have to know who you are and who you are not.
When you're building a business or joining a company, you have to be transparent; you can't have two sets of information for two sets of people.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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