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

Quote by Harold S Geneen

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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.

I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are...

I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are...

Management manages by making decisions and by seeing that those decisions are implemented.

Management manages by making decisions and by seeing that those decisions are implemented.

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

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

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...

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....

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...

A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are...

A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are...

Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts; the...

Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts; the...

Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts; the...

Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts; the...

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 know a person by the kind of desk he keeps. If the president...

You can know a person by the kind of desk he keeps. If the president...

Performance is your reality. Forget everything else.

Performance is your reality. Forget everything else.

It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises...

It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises...

He suffered from paralysis by analysis.

He suffered from paralysis by analysis.

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

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

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

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

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.

If your desk isn't cluttered, you probably aren't doing your job.

If your desk isn't cluttered, you probably aren't doing your job.

The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything...

The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything...