Lee Iacocca
United States
Born on 15 Oct 1924
Businessman
Born on 15 Oct 1924
Businessman
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That's the American way. If little kids don't aspire to make money like I did, what the hell good is this country?
Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively you can't miss.
The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.
Are we going to be a services power? The double cheeseburger or the mayo kings of the world.
Management is nothing more than motivating other people.
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.
One of the things the government can't do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads, and both of them are bankrupt.
Remark (1973)
Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.
To succeed today, you have to set priorities, decide what you stand for.
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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