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More business decisions occur over lunch and dinner than at any other time, yet no MBA courses are given on the subject.
I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it's somebody else's secretary, fine.
I am not being facetious when I say that the real enemies in this country are the Pentagon and its pals in big business.
Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.
In all recorded history there has not been one economist who has had to worry about where the next meal would come from.
For every sale you miss because you're too enthusiastic, you will miss a hundred because you're not enthusiastic enough.
When I'm old and dying, I plan to look back on my life and say 'wow, that was an adventure,' not 'wow, I sure felt safe.'
New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.
Nothing interferes with my concentration. You could put on an orgy in my office and I wouldn't look up. Well, maybe once.
I'm quite worried about the fiscal imbalances that we've got and what that might mean in terms of financial crisis ahead.
You don't need to be a rocket scientist. Investing is not a game where the guy with the 160 IQ beats the guy with 130 IQ.
I have a problem with the blatant celebrity exhibitionism that happens in this business and being sold purely as a brand.
The main business of a lawyer is to take the romance, the mystery, the irony, the ambiguity out of everything he touches.
If you're a person who says yes most of the time, you'll find yourself in the hotel business and the restaurant business.
Having George W. Bush giving a lecture on business ethics is like having a leper give you a facial, it just doesn't work!
For a lot of people, the weekly paycheck is "take-home pay" because home is the only place they can afford to go with it.
One of the first things to be noted in business life is its imperialism. Business is exacting, engrossing, and inelastic.
Decisiveness is a characteristic of high-performing men and women. Almost any decision is better than no decision at all.
If the government was as afraid of disturbing the consumer as it is of disturbing business, this would be some democracy.
The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people.
You always have to give 100%,because if you don't someone, somewhere will give 100% and they will beat you when you meet.
The best decision is the right decision. The next best decision is the wrong decision. The worst decision is no decision.
The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your relationships. The quality of your business is no different.
The shortest and best way to make your fortune is to let people see clearly that it is in their interest to promote yours.
Spend a lot of time talking to customers face to face. You'd be amazed how many companies don't listen to their customers.
A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must see things in a vision, a dream of the whole thing.
The new information technology... Internet and e-mail... have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications.
The things we fear most in organizations - fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances - are the primary sources of creativity.
Consumers do not view communications in isolation. They bring with them all their past brand experiences and associations.
The CIA is made up of boys whose families sent them to Princeton but wouldn't let them into the family brokerage business.
Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time.
Improve your business, your life, your relationships, your finances and your health. When you do the whole world improves.
The most important adage and the only adage is, the customer comes first, whatever the business, the customer comes first.
Lack of resources (payroll), time and competing priorities are why so many nonprofits haven't done well. It's that simple.
I know of nothing more valuable, when it comes to the all-important virtue of authenticity, than simply being who you are.
Business has to change the way it does business, or we will make no significant changes in the way we relate to the earth.
The world does not owe men a living, but business, if it is to fulfill its ideal, owes men an opportunity to earn a living.
The old paradigm was pay to play. Now you get back what you authentically put in. You've got to be willing to play to play.
If there's something you want to build, but the tech isn't there yet, just find the closest possible way to make it happen.
In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create.
If you have too many problems, maybe you should get out of business. There is no law that says a company must last forever.
The trouble with not being into social networking is that people think you're anti-social when you're only anti-networking.
It is very vulgar to talk about one's own business. Only people like stockbrokers do that, and then only at dinner parties.
Don't start a company unless it's an obsession and something you love. If you have an exit strategy, it's not an obsession.
I've always been worried about people who are willing to work for nothing. Sometimes that's all you get from them, nothing.
When we do not do the one thing we ought to do, we have no time for anything else - we are the busiest people in the world.
Surviving a failure gives you more self-confidence. Failures are great learning tools - but they must be kept to a minimum.
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.
The common question that gets asked in business is, why? That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, why not?
Peaceful, lawful protest - if it is effective - is innately disruptive of 'business as usual.' That is why it is effective.