The job of a professional manager is not to like people. It is not to change people. It is to put their strengths to work.

If there is any one secret of effectiveness, it is concentration. Effective executives do first things first and they do one thing at a time.

Shoes are real. Money is an end result.

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.

Management and entrepreneurship are only two different dimensions of the same task. An entrepreneur who does not learn how to manage will not last long. A management that does not learn to innovate will not last long.

Not to innovate is the single largest reason for the decline of existing organizations. Not to know how to manage is the single largest reason for the failure of new ventures.

The honest work of yesterday has lost its social status, its social esteem.