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I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.
Lee Iacocca
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Lee Iacocca
Age: 94 †
Born: 1924
Born: October 15
Died: 2019
Died: July 2
Autobiographer
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Businessperson
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Allentown
Pennsylvania
Lido Anthony Iacocca
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I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.
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There's no great mystery to satisfying your customers. Build them a quality product and treat them with respect. It's that simple.
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The great issues facing us today are not Republican issues or Democratic issues. The political parties can debate the means, but both parties must embrace the end objective, which is to make America great again.
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What is it that you like doing? If you don't like it, get out of it, because you'll be lousy at it. You don't have to stay with a job for the rest of your life, because if you don't like it you'll never be successful in it.
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The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.
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In a corporation, there can only be one guy in the end: the CEO.
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I'm still not sure what is meant by good fortune and success. I know fame and power are for the birds. But then life suddenly comes into focus for me. And, ah, there stand my kids.
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One of the things the government can't do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads, and both of them are bankrupt.
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Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.
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