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Most people...find a disorientating mismatch between the long-term nature of their liabilities and the increasingly short-term nature of their assets.
Most people...find a disorientating mismatch between the long-term nature of their liabilities and the increasingly short-term nature of their assets.
As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.
As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.
The financial climate is the worst it's been in 25 years.
The financial climate is the worst it's been in 25 years.
Business, that's easily defined; it's other people's money.
Business, that's easily defined; it's other people's money.
Goodwill is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy.
Goodwill is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy.
The tougher the job, the greater the reward.
The tougher the job, the greater the reward.
The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unless forcibly prevented from engaging in price competition, usually read more
The desire of businessmen for profits is what drives prices down unless forcibly prevented from engaging in price competition, usually by governmental activity.
We do not hear the term "compassionate" applied to business executives or entrepreneurs, certainly not when they are engaged in read more
We do not hear the term "compassionate" applied to business executives or entrepreneurs, certainly not when they are engaged in their normal work. Yet in terms of results in the measurable form of jobs created, lives enriched, communities built, living standards raised, and poverty healed, a handful of capitalists has done infinitely more for mankind than all the self-serving politicians, academics, social workers, and religionists who march under the banner of "compassion".
It is surprising, in the welter of questions that one gets at (AGMs), how few actually relate to the performance read more
It is surprising, in the welter of questions that one gets at (AGMs), how few actually relate to the performance of the company, or the decisions taken by the board in particular areas.
