Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves -- to break read more

Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves -- to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today.

Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend read more

Do more than is required. What is the distance between someone who achieves their goals consistently and those who spend their lives and careers merely following? The extra mile.

Buying is a profound pleasure.

Buying is a profound pleasure.

Despatch is the soul of business.

Despatch is the soul of business.

Our whole evolution up to this point shows that human groups spontaneously evolve patterns of behavior, as well as patterns read more

Our whole evolution up to this point shows that human groups spontaneously evolve patterns of behavior, as well as patterns of training people for that behavior, which tend on balance to lead people to create rather than destroy. Humans are, on net balance, builders rather than destroyers.

Business dispatched is business well done, but business hurried
is business ill done.

Business dispatched is business well done, but business hurried
is business ill done.

I always said that mega-mergers were for megalomaniacs.

I always said that mega-mergers were for megalomaniacs.

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.

It is difficult, but not impossible, to conduct strictly honest business

It is difficult, but not impossible, to conduct strictly honest business