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So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.
Lee Iacocca
No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?
Lee Iacocca
In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.
Lee Iacocca
Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss.
Lee Iacocca
In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing civilization along from one generation to the next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone could have.
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You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere.
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Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.
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The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.
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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.
Lee Iacocca
My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.
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The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long as it is good, and grabs the new just as soon as it is better.
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We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.
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The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.
Lee Iacocca
Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they'll say, 'God, he said exactly what I was thinking.' And when they begin to respect you, they'll follow you to the death.
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There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.
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Management is nothing more than motivating other people.
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I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.
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The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being.
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The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.
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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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Every business and every product has risks. You can't get around it.
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I have always found that if I move with seventy-five percent or more of the facts that I usually never regret it. It's the guys who wait to have everything perfect that drive you crazy.
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Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then...do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.
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I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.
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When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.
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People want economy and they will pay any price to get it.
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The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.
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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 ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.
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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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