All you can do is every day, try to solve a problem and make your company better
Interpretation
Focus on solving problems daily to improve your work and company.
Larry Ellison emphasizes the importance of consistent effort in addressing challenges and enhancing the quality of one's company. This quote highlights that success is achieved not through grand gestures, but through the cumulative effect of daily problem-solving and continuous improvement.
In practice
In a business meeting to inspire team members.
All you can do is every day, try to solve a problem and make your company better. You can't worry about it, you can't panic when you look at the stock market's decline. You get frozen like a deer in the headlights. All you can do is all you can do.
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