I have been saying for many years that we are using the word 'guru' only because 'charlatan' is too long to fit into a headline.
Peter DruckerMore business decisions occur over lunch and dinner than at any other time, yet no MBA courses are given on the subject.
Peter DruckerAny time I have seen someone accomplishing something magnificent, they have been a monomaniac with a mission. A single-minded individual with a passion.
Peter DruckerOne has to make a decision when a condition is likely to degenerate if nothing is done.
Peter DruckerThere is a great need for a new approach, new methods and new tools in teaching, man's oldest and most reactionary craft. There is great need for a rapid increase in the productivity of learning. There is, above all, great need for methods that will make the teacher effective and multiply his or her efforts and competence. Teaching is, in fact, the only traditional craft in which we have not yet fashioned the tools that make an ordinary person capable of superior performance. In this respect, teaching is far behind medicine, where the tools first became available a century or more ago.
Peter Drucker