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Only when those around us – our colleagues, customers and investors – know how we have chosen to play can they adjust their expectations and behaviors accordingly.
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026 |
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Finite thinkers do not appreciate that an investment in people will ultimately benefit the company, the customer and their investments.
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207 |
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Beholden to a large number of anonymous stockholders, today’s owners – unlike their often family rooted predecessors – must measure the success of their investments solely by quarterly profit statements.
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227 |
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An investment in your breakthrough community is the best possible use of your time and resources.
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178 |
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…the most important rule of raising money privately: Look for a market of one. You only need one investor to say yes, so it’s best to ignore the other thirty who say ‘no.’
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020 |
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When things go wrong in your company, nobody cares. The media don’t care, your investors don’t care, your board doesn’t care, your employees don’t care… And they are right not to care.
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092 |
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…there is no investment that you can make that will do more to improve productivity in your company than a training program.
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110 |
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Winning strategies are built on comprehensive knowledge gathered in every interaction the CEO has with an employee, a customer, a partner, or an investor.
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239 |
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…the need for a secure retirement income will increasingly focus people’s minds on the future value of the investment. Corporations… have to pay attention to both their short-term business results and their long-term-performance, as providers of retirement benefits.
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059 |
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All economic activity… requires three kinds of resources: land, that is products of nature; labor, that is, human resources; and capital, that is, the means to invest in tomorrow.
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109 |
