If successful people have one common trait, it’s an utter lack of cynicism. The world owes them nothing. They go out and find what
Who wins – traits for success
John Mack vs. Phil Purcell, As competing CEOs
What retail does have in common with banking is that it is all about sales…Mack was a proud, gruff man. In the instances that
Thomas L. Friedman
Let’s go down the list. To begin with, we have a relatively flexible, deregulated free-market economy, with lots of experimentation and competition between states
Networking, Office politics
The truth is, hiring decisions are, according to Logan Allin, a partner at a management consulting firm in New York, ‘absolutely about networking and
Death of a Salesman – Appearance
Willy Loman (to his son Biff): Bernard can get the best marks in school, y’understand, but when you get out in the business world,
Gates, On getting IBM to let him license MS-DOS
Under the initial contract between Microsoft and IBM, Big Blue agreed to fund most of the development costs of MS-DOS, but only Microsoft was
Brian Williams, As a volunteer firefighter in his young days
I’ve found the secret of life to be body placement. During a work study job at Catholic University , I met Pope John Paul
Buffett
According to his partner, Charlie Munger, Buffett has the following attributes: – mental aptitude – Intense interest, and from a very early age –
Richard Stengel
Flattery is the choice of a competitor who knows he is likely to fail in direct competition, either because he is weaker, or because
Seymour Krim
The only enemy today is failure, failure, failure, and the only true friend is – success? How? In what line? Whoring yourself a little?