Warren Buffett
When you get out of bed in the morning and think about what you want to do that day, ask yourself whether you’d like others to read about it on the front page of tomorrow’s newspaper. You’ll probably do things a little differently if you keep that in mind.
Content: Quotation | Sources: 800-CEO-READ (8CR), Business 2.0 | Subject: Character
Steven Levitt
So much of what we hear and what we’re taught turns out to be false on closer scrutiny. Whether it is expert advice, what you read in the paper, or what your mother told you, if it is important, take the time to figure out for yourself whether it is really true.
Content: Quotation | Author: Steven D. Levitt | Sources: 800-CEO-READ (8CR), Business 2.0 | Subjects: Decision Making, Trends / Analysis
Peter Drucker
Profit is not the explanation, cause or rationale of business behavior and business decisions, but rather the test of their validity. If archangels instead of businessmen sat in director’s chairs, they would still have to be concerned with profitability, despite their lack of personal interest in profit.
Content: Quotation | Source: 800-CEO-READ (8CR) | Subject: Miscellaneous
Phil Dusenberry
Ideas are a dime a dozen; anyone can have them. They can be good or bad ideas, saving your hide in some cases, wasting your time in others. The best thing about a good idea is that it forces you to act. Insight is rarer, and infinitely more precious. A strong insight can fuel a thousand ideas, a thousand reasons to act and make something … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Source: 800-CEO-READ (8CR) | Subjects: Innovation, Knowledge