Don't hire a master to paint you a masterpiece and then assign a roomful of schoolboy artists to look over his shoulder and make suggestions.
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If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon, it's OK. But you've got to shoot for something. A lot of people don't even shoot.Robert Townsend
Managers must have the discipline not to keep pulling up the flowers to see if their roots are healthy.
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If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's not excellent, it won't be profitable or fun, and if you're not in business for fun or profit, what the hell are you doing there
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A good manager doesn't try to eliminate conflict he tries to keep it from wasting the energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight you openly when they think that you are wrong -- that's healthy.
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Most people in big companies are administered, not led. They are treated as personnel, not people.
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If you have to have a policy manual, publish 'The Ten Commandments'.
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