Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results. 647
I’m not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. 619
One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency. 3.14K
Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats. 748
Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing… layout, processes, and procedures. 3.31K
People are definitely a company’s greatest asset. It doesn’t make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A company is only as good as the people it keeps. 722
The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force. 660
Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while. 2.38K
Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body – the producers and consumers themselves. 2.44K
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. 2.54K
In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn’t know what he is doing. 692
If you owe the bank $100 that’s your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that’s the bank’s problem. 663
