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Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.
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We were on a joyride, on free energy almost. [...] It seems to me we need something like the Manhattan Project. We need some urgency saying, "Here's what we should be doing. We've got to get off fossil fuels."
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To solve big problems you have to be willing to do unpopular things.
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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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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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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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You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere.
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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.
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There's a world of difference between a strong ego, which is essential, and a large ego-which can be destructive.
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Every business and every product has risks. You can't get around it.
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We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back.
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Most important decisions in corporate life are made by individuals, not by committees. My policy always has been to be democratic all the way to the point of decision. Then I become the ruthless commander. Okay, I've heard everybody, I say. Now here's what we're going to do.
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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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The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they're expected to do - they always reach.
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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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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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In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits.
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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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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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If you own up to your mistakes, you don't suffer as much. But that's a tough lesson to learn.
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When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.
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A country's competitiveness starts not on the factory floor or in the engineering lab. It starts in the classroom.
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The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.
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It pains me to see my old company, which has meant so much to America, on the ropes. But Chrysler has been in trouble before, and we got through it, and I believe they can do it again. [...] Let's face it, if your car breaks down, you're not going to take it to the White House to get fixed. But, if your company breaks down, you've got to go to the experts on the ground, not the bureaucrats.
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As you go through life, there are thousands of little forks in the road, and there are a few really big forks-those moments of reckoning, moments of truth.
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Born:
October 15, 1924
Died:
July 2, 2019
(aged 94)
Bio:
Lido Anthony Iacocca, better known as Lee Iacocca, was an American industrialist most commonly known for his revival of the Chrysler brand in the when he was the CEO.
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