Lee Iacocca Quotes
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Any supervisor worth his salt would rather deal with people who attempt too much than with those who try too little.
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There are times when even the best manager is like the little boy with the big dog, waiting to see where the dog wants to go so he can take him there.
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Never rest on your oars as a boss. If you do, the whole company starts sinking.
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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.
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The great issues facing us today are not Republican issues or Democratic issues. The political parties can debate the means, but both parties must embrace the end objective, which is to make America great again.
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He was eccentric. He was no prince in his social attitudes and his politics. But Henry Ford's mark in history is almost unbelievable.
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Bad times are indelible. They stay with you forever.
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If you want to make good use of your time, you've got to know what's most important and then give it all you've got.
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I'd really love to meet the guy I'm supposed to be. I'd hire him in a second.
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I was at Ford for 32 years. I went to Chrysler in 1978, four or five months after I got canned by Henry Ford.
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Styling cars sells cars and safety does not.
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I don't need a $100 million mistake. Try to make a $5 million mistake if you have to make one.
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I've always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team.
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I learned that monthly payments are the cornerstone of everything in the automobile business.
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If I Had To Sum Up In One Word The Qualities That Make Up A Good Manager, I'd Say Decisiveness.
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I only wish I could find an institute that teaches people how to listen. Business people need to listen at least as much as they need to talk. Too many people fail to realize that real communication goes in both directions.
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No matter how I'm doing financially, the Depression has never disappeared from my consciousness. To this day, I hate waste. When neckties went from narrow to wide, I kept all my old ones until the style went back to narrow.
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People want economy and they will pay any price to get it.
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Listening can make the difference between a mediocre organization and a great one.
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What is it that you like doing? If you don't like it, get out of it, because you'll be lousy at it. You don't have to stay with a job for the rest of your life, because if you don't like it you'll never be successful in it.
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You've got to say, ''I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it.'' It's called perseverance.
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Boys, there ain't no free lunches in this country. And don't go spending your whole life commiserating that you got the raw deals. You've got to say, "I think that if I keep working at this and want it bad enough I can have it." It's called perseverance.
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The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything.
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In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.