Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away.

Quote by Harold S Geneen

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It's better to take over and build upon an existing business than to start a...

It's better to take over and build upon an existing business than to start a...

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.

We must not be hampered by yesterday's myths in concentrating on today's needs.

We must not be hampered by yesterday's myths in concentrating on today's needs.

When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any...

When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any...

You can't run a business or anything else on a theory.

You can't run a business or anything else on a theory.

In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is...

In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is...

The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation and Communication.

The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation and Communication.

Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.

Leadership cannot really be taught. It can only be learned.

You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way....

You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way....

We must not be hampered by yesterday's myths in concentrating on today's needs.

We must not be hampered by yesterday's myths in concentrating on today's needs.

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the...

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the...

Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process.

Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process.

Management must manage!

Management must manage!

I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of...

I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of...

Performance is your reality. Forget everything else.

Performance is your reality. Forget everything else.

When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any...

When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any...

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled,...

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled,...

I can hardly keep wondering at my own folly in thinking it worthwhile to leave...

I can hardly keep wondering at my own folly in thinking it worthwhile to leave...

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return...

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return...