Looking for enlightenment is like looking for a flashlight when all you need the flashlight for is to find the flashlight.
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The world of the 90s and beyond will belong to managers or those who make the numbers dance, as we used to say, or those who are conversant with all the business jargon we used to sound smart. The world will belong to passionate, driven leaders -- people who not only have an enormous amount of energy but who can energize those whom they lead.
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We know where most of the creativity, the innovation, the stuff that drives productivity lies--in the minds of those closest to the work. It's been there in front of our noses all along while we've been running around chasing robots and reading books on how to become Japanese--or at least manage like them.
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My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment to our top 750 people. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too.
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To be conservative requires no brains whatsoever. Cabbages, cows and conifers are conservatives, and are so stupid they don't even know it. All that is basically required is acceptance of what exists.
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What the Commission is seeking cuts the heart out of the strategic rationale of our deal,
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The mind can also be an erogenous zone.
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Many men fail because they quit too soon. They lose faith when the signs are against them. They do not have the courage to hold on, to keep fighting in spite of that which seems insurmountable. If more of us would strike out and attempt the impossible, we very soon would find the truth of that old saying that nothing is impossible... abolish fear and you can accomplish anything you wish.
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Being a sex symbol was rather like being a convict.
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We had a chance to all rejoice a little bit at Mr. Greenspan's aggressive actions here at lunch. We raised a glass of water to Mr. Greenspan for taking that action, and we all think it's in the right direction,
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It is possible to love your friends, your competitors, and even your enemies. It is hard, bitterly hard, but there is a long distance between hard and impossible.
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We've only been wealthy in this country for 70 years. Who said we ought to have all this? Is it ordained?
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An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.
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I have complete faith in my teammates. They're my best friends. I was proud that they were making the plays that they needed to make.
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I walk to work now.
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