Business Leadership Skills 02 (Feb 13 - Apr 15)

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"All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think."
-- Thomas J. Watson, Former President of IBM

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"Failure is simply an opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently."
- Henry Ford

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"A leader, once convinced a particular course of action is the right one, must have the determination to stick with it and be undaunted when the going gets rough. "
-- Ronald Reagan, 40th U.S. president

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"The value decade is upon us. If you can't sell a top-quality product at the world's lowest price, you're going to be out of the game." -- Jack Welch, Executive

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"You do the things that need to be done according to priority."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

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"It comes from saying no to 1,000 things, to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much.

We're always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important."

-- Steve Jobs, Apple Co-founder

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"It's got to be a big idea that you and your team can 'get' within seconds."

- Yanik Silver, Maverick Business Rule #1

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"The most dangerous question a prospect or customer asks is "Why should I?" And he may ask it more than once... The product and its communication stream must continue to provide him with both rational and emotional answers."

- Lester Wunderman, marketing pioneer

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"Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results. "
-- George S. Patton, US Army General

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"Throughout the centuries, there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision."
- Ayn Rand, Novelist