What's the subject of life - to get rich? All of those fellows out there getting rich could be dancing read more

What's the subject of life - to get rich? All of those fellows out there getting rich could be dancing around the real subject of life.

If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use read more

If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act.

Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.

Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.

Lord Stafford mines for coal and salt,
The Duke of Norfolk deals in malt,
The Douglas in read more

Lord Stafford mines for coal and salt,
The Duke of Norfolk deals in malt,
The Douglas in red herrings.

The very essence of leadership is [that] you have a vision. It's got to be a vision you articulate clearly read more

The very essence of leadership is [that] you have a vision. It's got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

A manufacturing district . . . sends out, as it were, suckers
into all its neighborhood.

A manufacturing district . . . sends out, as it were, suckers
into all its neighborhood.

Our favourite holding period is forever.

Our favourite holding period is forever.

You foolish man, you don't even know your own foolish business.
- Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl read more

You foolish man, you don't even know your own foolish business.
- Philip Dormer Stanhope, fourth Earl of Chesterfield,

In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch
Is offering too little and asking too much.
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In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch
Is offering too little and asking too much.
The French are with equal advantage content--
So we clap on Dutch bottoms just 20 per cent.