When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any more than you read words when reading books You will be reading meanings.

Quote by Harold S Geneen

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Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody...

Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.

It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.

Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process.

Uncertainty will always be part of the taking charge process.

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....

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...

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

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

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

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

Do you want my one-word secret of happiness? It's growth - mental, financial, you name...

Do you want my one-word secret of happiness? It's growth - mental, financial, you name...

Management must manage!

Management must manage!

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...

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.

The worst disease which can afflict business executives in their work is not, as popularly...

The worst disease which can afflict business executives in their work is not, as popularly...

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.

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...

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...

Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody...

Managers in all too many American companies do not achieve the desired results because nobody...