We've only been wealthy in this country for 70 years. Who said we ought to have all this? Is it ordained?

Quote by Jack Welch

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It's [the internet] like the flu - it just spreads like crazy.

It's [the internet] like the flu - it just spreads like crazy.

Number one, cash is king... number two, communicate... number three, buy or bury the competition.

Number one, cash is king... number two, communicate... number three, buy or bury the competition.

The Internet is the Viagra of big business.

The Internet is the Viagra of big business.

Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security...

Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security...

Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because...

Giving people self-confidence is by far the most important thing that I can do. Because...

I was afraid of the internet... because I couldn't type.

I was afraid of the internet... because I couldn't type.

Give me a highly successful unionized industry.

Give me a highly successful unionized industry.

Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to...

Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to...

Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to...

Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to...

Be candid with everyone.

Be candid with everyone.

My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment...

My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment...

Don't manage - lead change before you have to.

Don't manage - lead change before you have to.

Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security...

Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security...

An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate...

An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate...

Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell...

Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell...

Change before you have to.

Change before you have to.

We know where most of the creativity, the innovation, the stuff that drives productivity lies...

We know where most of the creativity, the innovation, the stuff that drives productivity lies...

If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must...

If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must...

Don't set compensation as a goal. Find work you like, and the compensation will follow.

Don't set compensation as a goal. Find work you like, and the compensation will follow.

Our real problem is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of...

Our real problem is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of...