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Be creative. Use unconventional thinking. And have the guts to carry it out.
Lee Iacocca
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Lee Iacocca
Age: 94 †
Born: 1924
Born: October 15
Died: 2019
Died: July 2
Autobiographer
Businessman
Businessperson
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Allentown
Pennsylvania
Lido Anthony Iacocca
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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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My father used to say, 'You can spend a lot of time making money. The tough time comes when you have to give it away properly.' How to give something back, that's the tough part in life.
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In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing civilization along from one generation to the next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone could have.
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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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They're on you day and night. Their oversight is just too extreme [. . .] That's why our 10-year loan, we paid it back in three years. We couldn't stand the government. The bureaucracy kills you.
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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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Never rest on your oars as a boss. If you do, the whole company starts sinking.
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A major reason capable people fail to advance is that they don't work well with their colleagues.
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You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere.
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I only wish I could find an institute that teaches people how to listen. Business people need to listen at least as much as they need to talk. Too many people fail to realize that real communication goes in both directions.
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To solve big problems you have to be willing to do unpopular things.
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There's a world of difference between a strong ego, which is essential, and a large ego-which can be destructive.
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In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.
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In a corporation, there can only be one guy in the end: the CEO.
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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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Business, after all, is nothing more than a bunch of human relationships.
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In the great undertakings, there is glory, even in failure.
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To succeed today, you have to set priorities, decide what you stand for.
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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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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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