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QUOTE ~ Management By Objective Works

“Management by objective works – if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don’t.”

- Peter Drucker

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November 8, 2011 at 10:31 am

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QUOTE ~ There is Only One Boss

“There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.”

- Sam Walton

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April 18, 2009 at 4:59 am

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QUOTE ~ What is Focus?

“People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully.”

Steve Jobs

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February 16, 2009 at 3:09 pm

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QUOTE ~ Busy Does Not Always Mean Real Work

“Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.”

Thomas Edison

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February 16, 2009 at 6:04 am

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