"Personal leadership is the process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with them."
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"Businesses that grow by development and improvement do not die."
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"A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large."
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"Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths."
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"Our approach is very much profiting from lack of change rather than from change. With Wrigley chewing gum, it's the lack of change that appeals to me. I don't think it is going to be hurt by the Internet. That's the kind of business I like."
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"The best way to make money in business is not to think too much about making it."
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"If you wish to find, you must search. Rarely does a good idea interrupt you"
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"Meetings are by definition a concession to deficient organization. For one either meets or one works."
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"Results are obtained by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems."
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"If we can find approaches that meet the needs of the poor in ways that generate profits for business and votes for politicians, we will have found a sustainable way to reduce inequity in the world. This task is open-ended. It can never be finished. But a conscious effort to answer this challenge will change the world."
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"Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks."
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"Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power for good or evil---the silent, unconscious, unseen influence of his life. This is simply the radiation of what man really is, not what he pretends to be."
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"A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all."
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"Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations."
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"Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust."
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"Profitability is the sovereign criterion of the enterprise."
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"When you think that someone or something other than yourself needs to change, you're mentally out of your business."
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"Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know from my own life that the more I exercise it the more natural it becomes to not let my fears run me."
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"If a user is having a problem, it's our problem."
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"What starting your company means: you will lose your stable income, your right to apply for a leave of absence, and your right to get a bonus. However, it also means your income will no longer be limited, you will use your time more effectively, and you will no longer need to beg for favours from people anymore."
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