"A good boss asks what part she could have played in the problem. And then she asks herself what she can do better next time."
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"And I particularly like the whole thing of being boss. Boss and employee... It's the slave quality that I find very alluring."
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"I'm a Joseph Abboud fan. I'm a Hugo Boss fan. I'm a Brooks Brothers fan. As far as suits go, those are my go-tos."
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"Your turn Imagine that the world had no middlemen, no publishers, no bosses, no HR folks, no one telling you what you couldn’t do. If you lived in that world, what would you do? Go. Do that."
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"Most people have bosses who hire them to fill a slot in the work chart and to do what they are told. And most people who are doing what they are told feel safe; it feels reliable."
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"because the hardest boss a man can ever have is himself."
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"The difference between slaves in Roman and Ottoman days and today's employees is that slaves did not need to flatter their boss."
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"Every Communist working in the mass movements should be a friend of the masses and not a boss over them, an indefatigable teacher and not a bureaucratic politician."
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"Big boss man, can't you hear me when I call? You ain't so big, you're just tall."
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"If the rest of your brain were conscious, it would probably regard you as the pointy-haired boss from Dilbert"
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"I'm just as famous as my mentor... but that's still the boss don't get sent for"
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"There's only one boss in your life . . . and that's you! The person looking back in the mirror at you is the one you have to answer to every day."
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"We can't rely on others to be our teachers anymorethe future belongs to individuals who decide to become great bosses (and teachers)."
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"And when things start to go wrong, a good boss doesn't just fire everybody and start over."
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"Never underrate the boss! The boss may look illiterate. He may look stupid. But there is no risk at all in overrating a boss. If you underrate him he will bitterly resent it or impute to you the deficiency in brains and knowledge you imputed to him."
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"Keep the boss aware. Bosses, after all, are held responsible by their own bosses for the performance of their subordinates. They must be able to say: "I know what Anne [or John] is trying to do.""
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"I don't want to be my own boss. I want to be my own colleague."
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"'9 to 5 the Musical' is perfect for anyone that's ever wanted to string up their boss, which is almost all of us."
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"Why do I want somebody to tell me what to do, tell me what I'm doing wrong? I want to be the boss."
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"Anybody who really knows about the TV business knows that it would be impossible to just march in one day and say to your colleagues and bosses, 'Oh yes, I'm hosting my own show.'"
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