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In a corporation, there can only be one guy in the end: the CEO.

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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Allentown
Pennsylvania
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In the great undertakings, there is glory, even in failure.
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You've got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it. It's called perseverance.
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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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There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.
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Mistakes are a part of life you can't avoid them. All you can hope is that they won't be too expensive and that you don't make the same mistake twice.
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If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act.
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That's the American way. If little kids don't aspire to make money like I did, what the hell good is this country?
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Be creative. Use unconventional thinking. And have the guts to carry it out.
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Why is our free-enterprise system so strong?- Not because it stands still, frozen in the past, but because it has always adapted to changing realities
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Every little kid wants to grow up to be a cowboy, and I did.
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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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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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