I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.

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The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have...

The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have...

You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't...

You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't...

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow...

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow...

I have always found that if I move with seventy-five percent or more of the...

I have always found that if I move with seventy-five percent or more of the...

People say to me, ''You were a roaring success. How did you do it?'' I...

People say to me, ''You were a roaring success. How did you do it?'' I...

We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.

We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.

In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product and...

In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product and...

My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real...

My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real...

The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.

The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.

If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, I'd...

If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, I'd...

The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager...

The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager...

The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works,...

The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works,...

If we screw it up, start over. Try something else.

If we screw it up, start over. Try something else.

Trouble shared is trouble halved.

Trouble shared is trouble halved.

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow...

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow...

One of the things the government can't do is run anything. The only things our...

One of the things the government can't do is run anything. The only things our...

We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back.

We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back.

As to matters of dress, I would recommend one never to be first in the...

As to matters of dress, I would recommend one never to be first in the...

You may, if you are an old-fashioned schoolmaster, wish to consider yourself full of universal...

You may, if you are an old-fashioned schoolmaster, wish to consider yourself full of universal...

Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit.

Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit.