Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.
Having George W. Bush giving a lecture on business ethics is like having a leper give you a facial, it just doesn't work!
I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man!
If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favourable.
I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to something if I could. And no hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me. And I have done that ever since, and I win by it. I know.
There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.
I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't.
If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees.
Some people serve with pride - because they 'want to' do and be their best; other people serve with disdain because they 'have to' do their job. Which person do you think will end up running the show?
Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, What's in it for me?
A competitive world offers two possibilities. You can lose. Or, if you want to win, you can change.
What's up wit these new niggas? And why they think it all come so easy?
I have far more respect for the person with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand ideas who does nothing.
There's an entrepreneur right now, scared to death, making excuses, saying, 'It's not the right time just yet.' There's no such thing as a good time. I started an apparel-manufacturing business in the tech-boom years. I mean, come on. Get out of your garage and go take a chance, and start your business.
You sign an agreement; you make a contract, you live up to it. You never get what you deserve. You get what you negotiate. You got a right to say yay or nay.
If we achieve our sustainability targets and no one else follows, we will have failed.
A mere 7% of employees today fully understand their company's business strategies and what's expected of them in order to help achieve company goals.
The biggest challenge in business is not the competition, it's what goes on inside your own head
Every time you think you can’t do something... someone else thinks they can.
Marketing is not an event, but a process It has a beginning, a middle, but never an end, for it is a process. You improve it, perfect it, change it, even pause it. But you never stop it completely.
Help young people. Help small guys. Because small guys will be big. Young people will have the seeds you bury in their minds, and when they grow up, they will change the world.
We don’t have business problems we have people problems. When we take care of our people problems, most of our business problems are automatically resolved
The people in business must understand what they can achieve with designers. Designers have to understand that they really must deliver to business not just beautification, or another form of it, but substantial change.
I believe my business and non-profit investments are much more beneficial to societal well-being than sending more money to Washington.
The important word there is inspire. The key difference between managers and leaders is that managers tell people what to do, while leaders inspire them to do it. Inspiration comes from three things: clarity of one's vision, courage of their conviction and the ability to effectively communicate both of those things.
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