Never mind your happiness; do your duty.

Quote by Peter Drucker

Topics: Happiness Quotes

Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at...

Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at...

Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time...

Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time...

Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are,...

Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are,...

When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.

When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.

The purpose of a business is to create a customer.

The purpose of a business is to create a customer.

Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money.

Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money.

The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different.

The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different.

Objectives are not fate; they are direction. They are not commands; they are commitments. They...

Objectives are not fate; they are direction. They are not commands; they are commitments. They...

Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get...

Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get...

Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer.

Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer.

My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.

My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.

Most discussions of decision making assume that only senior executives make decisions or that only...

Most discussions of decision making assume that only senior executives make decisions or that only...

We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of...

We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of...

The computer is a moron.

The computer is a moron.

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

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...

Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.

Rank does not confer privilege or give power. It imposes responsibility.

Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.

Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement.

A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.

A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.

Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans.

Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans.