Lee Iacocca Quotes
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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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The primary skill of a manager consists of knowing how to make assignments and picking the right people to carry out those assignments
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Decisiveness is the one word that makes a good manager.
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Bad times are indelible. They stay with you forever.
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If a guy is over 25 percent jerk, he's in trouble. And Henry was 95 percent.
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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 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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If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.
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If it hadn't been for Henry Ford's drive to create a mass market for cars, America wouldn't have a middle class today,
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I learned that monthly payments are the cornerstone of everything in the automobile business.
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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.
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I gotta tell ya, with our $2.4 billion in profits last year, they gave me a great big bonus. Really, it's almost obscene.
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It's a good thing god doesn't let you look a year or two into the future, or you might be sorely tempted to shoot yourself.
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In business, I loved cars. I couldn't wait to get to work in the morning. Only in America can you decide to get a good education and pursue what you like.
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I'm still not sure what is meant by good fortune and success. I know fame and power are for the birds. But then life suddenly comes into focus for me. And, ah, there stand my kids.
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The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.
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I'm here today because our country needs a change in leadership, ... We need a leader who is really dedicated to creating millions of high-paying jobs all across the country.
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Styling cars sells cars and safety does not.
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Every business and every product has risks. You can't get around it.
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Every little kid wants to grow up to be a cowboy, and I did.
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Get all the education you can then go out and do something - do anything.
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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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To solve big problems you have to be willing to do unpopular things.
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From what I've seen, you either get grounded in that kind of positive thinking early on in life or you don't. Establishing priorities and using your time well aren't things you can pick up at the Harvard Business School. Formal learning can teach you a great deal, but many of the essential skills in life are the ones you have to develop on your own.