Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your read more

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

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,

Businesses are successful because someone makes the sacrifices others are unwilling to.

Businesses are successful because someone makes the sacrifices others are unwilling to.

In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.

In every age and clime we see,
Two of a trade can ne'er agree.

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other read more

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.

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.

The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak.

The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak.

I don't think anybody yet has invented a pastime that's as much fun, or keeps you as young, as a read more

I don't think anybody yet has invented a pastime that's as much fun, or keeps you as young, as a good job.

Business? It's quite simple; it's other people's money.

Business? It's quite simple; it's other people's money.