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Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then...do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.Lee Iacocca
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I’ve always felt that a manager has achieved a great deal when he’s able to motivate one other person. When it comes to making the place run, motivation is everything. You might be able to do the work of two people, but you can’t be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.Lee Iacocca
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My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.Lee Iacocca
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In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.Lee Iacocca
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We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluable problems.Lee Iacocca
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So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties it may be too late.Lee Iacocca
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There comes a time when you've got to say "Let's get off our asses and go ..." I have always found that if I move with 75 percent or more of the facts I usually never regret it. It's the guys who wait to have everything perfect that drive you crazy.Lee Iacocca
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If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties it may be too late.Lee Iacocca
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The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.Lee Iacocca
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Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss.Lee Iacocca
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In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits.Lee Iacocca
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There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.Lee Iacocca
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Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they'll say, 'God, he said exactly what I was thinking.' And when they begin to respect you, they'll follow you to the death.Lee Iacocca
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Management is nothing more than motivating other people.Lee Iacocca
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The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.Lee Iacocca
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No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?Lee Iacocca
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In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.Lee Iacocca
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Every business and every product has risks. You can't get around it.Lee Iacocca
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Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.Lee Iacocca
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I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.Lee Iacocca
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We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back.Lee Iacocca
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We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.Lee Iacocca
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Chrysler builds great cars.Lee Iacocca