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Thanks to properly selecting the clients you will not be unnecessarily wasting time.

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Lee Iacocca
Age: 94 †
Born: 1924
Born: October 15
Died: 2019
Died: July 2
Autobiographer
Businessman
Businessperson
Diarist
Allentown
Pennsylvania
Lido Anthony Iacocca
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Over the years, many executives have said to me with pride: 'Boy, I worked so hard last year that I didn't take any vacation.' I always feel like responding, You dummy. You mean to tell me you can take responsibility for an eighty-million-dollar project and you can't plan two weeks out of the year to have some fun?
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Your legacy should be that you made it better than it was when you got 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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A major reason capable people fail to advance is that they don't work well with their colleagues.
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The one word that makes a good manager - decisiveness.
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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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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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There's a billboard in a little farm town in the Midwest that says: IF YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT FARMERS, DON'T TALK WITH YOUR MOUTH FULL.
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In a corporation, there can only be one guy in the end: the CEO.
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Greenmail, in case you're wondering, is when a company pays a raider a premium for his holdings-if he'll go away. What I think it really is is blackmail in a pin-striped suit.
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Most people are looking for security, a nice, safe, prosperous future. And there's nothing wrong with that. It's called the American Dream.
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The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.
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To solve big problems you have to be willing to do unpopular things.
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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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Every little kid wants to grow up to be a cowboy, and I did.
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I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.
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In business, I loved cars. I couldn't wait to get to work in the morning. Only in America can you decide to get a good education and pursue what you like.
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