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Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is great for keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Great things come from out luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup of soup, and a good idea or two. No martinis.

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If you're on the right side of the issue, just keep driving until you hear glass breaking. Don't quit.

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Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. Don't fall victim to what I call the 'ready-aim-aim-aim-aim syndrome'. You must be willing to fire.

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Money is to be respected one of the worst things you can do is handle another person's money without respect for how hard it was to earn.

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Chief executives, who themselves own few shares of their companies, have no more feeling for the average stockholder than they do for baboons in Africa.

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T. Boone Pickens

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Born: May 22, 1928

Died: September 11, 2019 (aged 91)

Bio: Thomas Boone Pickens, Jr., known as T. Boone Pickens, was an American business magnate and financier. Pickens chairs the hedge fund BP Capital Management. He was a well-known takeover operator and corporate raider during the 1980s.

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