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If you want to give a man credit, put it in writing. If you want to give him hell, do read more
If you want to give a man credit, put it in writing. If you want to give him hell, do it on the phone.
Budgets are for cutting, that's why you set them.
Budgets are for cutting, that's why you set them.
Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.
Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.
There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.
There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.
Our job is not to set things right but to see them right.
Our job is not to set things right but to see them right.
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, read more
To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly; to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never. In a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common. This is to be my symphony.
If you're not serving the customer, you'd better be serving someone who is.
If you're not serving the customer, you'd better be serving someone who is.
The boss must first distinguish between action information and status information. He must discipline himself not to act on problems read more
The boss must first distinguish between action information and status information. He must discipline himself not to act on problems his managers can solve, and never to act on problems when he is explicitly reviewing status. I once knew a boss who invariably picked up the phone to give orders before the end of the first paragraph in a status report. That response is guaranteed to squelch full disclosure.
Money doesn't talk, it swears.
Money doesn't talk, it swears.