It is futile to talk too much about the past... like trying to make birth control retroactive.

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For years I thought what was good for our country was good for General Motors...

For years I thought what was good for our country was good for General Motors...

The price of progress is trouble, and I must be making a lot of progress.

The price of progress is trouble, and I must be making a lot of progress.

A good boss makes his men realize they have more ability than they think they...

A good boss makes his men realize they have more ability than they think they...

So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to...

So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to...

If my boss paid me in Trident Layers, I'd probably have to kick his ass.

If my boss paid me in Trident Layers, I'd probably have to kick his ass.

Stop chasing whats now and create whats next...

Stop chasing whats now and create whats next...

So many able writers have shown that the unjust institutions which work so much misery...

So many able writers have shown that the unjust institutions which work so much misery...

A good manager is a man who isn't worried about his own career but rather...

A good manager is a man who isn't worried about his own career but rather...

Most bosses know instinctively that their power depends more on employee's compliance than on threats...

Most bosses know instinctively that their power depends more on employee's compliance than on threats...

A boss creates fear, a leader confidence. A boss fixes blame, a leader corrects mistakes....

A boss creates fear, a leader confidence. A boss fixes blame, a leader corrects mistakes....

The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY...

The person who knows HOW will always have a job. The person who knows WHY...

Remember the difference between a boss and a leader; a boss says 'Go!' - a...

Remember the difference between a boss and a leader; a boss says 'Go!' - a...

The real leader has no need to lead he is content to point the way

The real leader has no need to lead he is content to point the way

Encourage and reward your employees. Without them, you can do nothing. They help you accomplish...

Encourage and reward your employees. Without them, you can do nothing. They help you accomplish...

The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away...

The secret of successful managing is to keep the five guys who hate you away...

When the boss is a way, work becomes a holiday.

When the boss is a way, work becomes a holiday.

Anarchism has but one infallible, unchangeable motto, 'Freedom.' Freedom to discover any truth, freedom to...

Anarchism has but one infallible, unchangeable motto, 'Freedom.' Freedom to discover any truth, freedom to...

Your real boss is the one who walks around under your hat.

Your real boss is the one who walks around under your hat.

The executive exists to make sensible exceptions to general rules.

The executive exists to make sensible exceptions to general rules.

Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from...

Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from...

The way to find the real boss is to find out who hires the lawyers

The way to find the real boss is to find out who hires the lawyers

With the furious pace of change in business today, difficulty to manage relationships sabotages more...

With the furious pace of change in business today, difficulty to manage relationships sabotages more...