To arrive at the definition of the problem he must begin by finding the 'critical factor'. This is the element (or elements) in the situation that has to be changed before anything else can be changed, moved, acted upon.

The essence of management is to make knowledge productive.

Time is totally perishable and cannot be stored. Yesterday's time is gone forever, and will never come back. Time is always in short supply. There is no substitute for time. Everything requires time.

Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.

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.

More business decisions occur over lunch and dinner than at any other time, yet no MBA courses are given on the subject.

A man should never be appointed into a managerial position if his vision focuses on people's weaknesses rather than on their strengths.