Successful leaders don't start out asking, 'What do I want to do?' They ask, 'What needs to be done?' Then they ask, 'Of those things that would make….

Knowledge applied is productivity..

Few companies that installed computers to reduce the employment of clerks have realized their expectations... They now need more, and more expensive ….

To make a living is no longer enough. Work also has to make a life..

The paradox of the prophet: his very success is his failure. The prophet whose time has come no longer shocks; he entertains..

The purpose of a business is to create a customer..

Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that change is like death and taxes - it should be postponed as long….

Never underrate the boss! The boss may look illiterate. He may look stupid. But there is no risk at all in overrating a boss. If you underrate him he….

Marketing and innovation make money. Everything else is a cost..

One has to make a decision when a condition is likely to degenerate if nothing is done..

Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems..

Society, community, family are all conserving institutions. They try to maintain stability and to prevent, or at least slow down, change. But the org….

Keep your eye on the task, not on yourself. The task matters, and you are a servant.

When the business grows, the person who founded it is incredibly busy. Rapid growth puts an enormous strain on a business. You outgrow your productio….

A superior who works on his own development sets an almost irresistible example..

There is every indication that the period ahead will be an innovative one, one of rapid change in technology , society , economy , and institutions ..

Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer..

No one has ever failed to find the facts they are looking for..

..there is need for a person to be generally educated. Otherwise you shrivel up much too soon. Whether this means reading the bible (I read the New T….

They wrongly believe that good intentions move mountains. Bulldozers move mountains. But there are exceptions..

A management decision is irresponsible if it risks disaster this year for the sake of a grandiose future..