Lee Iacocca Quotes

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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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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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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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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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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 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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Here's what management is about: Pick good people and set the right priorities.

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To solve big problems you have to be willing to do unpopular things.

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When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.

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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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A major reason capable people fail to advance is that they don't work well with their colleagues.

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