Most people don't manage to the utmost of their ability because they don't want to.
The first myth of management is that it exists.
Without the right attitude, a business with everything going for it will fail.
Managers are to information as alcoholics are to booze. They consume enormous amounts, constantly crave more, but have great difficulty in digesting their existing intake.
Either an executive can do his job or he can't.
Never ignore a gut feeling, but never believe that it's enough.