The Little Book of Business Wisdom: Rules of Success from More Than 50 Business Legends - Hardcover

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9780471369790: The Little Book of Business Wisdom: Rules of Success from More Than 50 Business Legends

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ISBN 10: 0471369799 ISBN 13: 9780471369790

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2000

Pearls from The LITTLE BOOK OF BUSINESS WISDOM "The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed; you must have a larger ambition."-JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER "Think about the customer, not the competition: Competitors represent your industry's past, as, over the years, collective habits become ingrained. Customers are your future, representing new opportunities, ideas, and avenues for growth."-MICHAEL S. DELL "You've got to be out in front of crowds, repeating yourself over and over again, never changing your message no matter how much it bores you." -JACK WELCH "Always break orders to save owners. There never was a great character who did not sometimes smash the routine regulations and make new ones for himself." -ANDREW CARNEGIE "Don't speak up at a meeting until you have something meaningful to contribute. Talking to attract attention may call attention to your blank spots." -JO FOXWORTH "Make 'em feel guilty when they do nothing. One thing I can't stand is people who don't act on a situation. I'd rather that people make mistakes than sit around and not do something."-DAVE THOMAS

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Paperback. Pub Date: October 2000 Pages: 256 in Publisher: John Wiley Pearls from The LITTLE BOOK OF BUSINESS WISDOMThe man who NYC Greenwich Village starts out simply with the idea of ??getting rich will not succeed; you must have a the larger ambition.-JOHN D . ROCKEFELLERThink about the customer. not the competition: Competitors represent your industry's past. as. over the years. collective habits become ingrained. Customers are your future. representing new opportunities. ideas. and avenues for growth.-MICHAEL S. DELLYou 've got to be out in front of crowds. repeating yourself over and over again. never changing your message no matter how much it bores you.-JACK WELCHAlways eak orders to save owners. There never was a great character who did not sometimes smash the routine regulations and make new ones for himself.-ANDREW CARNEGIEDon't speak up at a meeting until you hav...

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The Cutting Edge
The most successful business people are often also the busiest, acknowledges Peter Krass, a regular contributor to Investor's Business Daily and editor of the Book of Wisdom series. Therefore, he offers The Little book of Business Wisdom: Rules of Success from More Than 50 Business Legends. The advice is varied and often contradictory, but provides readers with a smorgasbord of ideas. From Lee Iacocca's guidelines for CEOs ("Make sure you're maximizing earnings today") to Lillian Vernon's questions for would-be entrepreneurs ("Are you prepared to work extremely hard?"), the advice is succinct but rarely simplistic.

--Publishers Weekly October 30, 2000

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