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Lee Iacocca

Lee Iacocca

American Businessman

Born: Oct 15, 1924

Business Chrysler Good Great People You

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Trouble shared is trouble halved. Lee Iacocca

Trouble Shared

The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family. Lee Iacocca

Family Stays Steady Only Institution Know Rock Works

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

Love Family You Yourself Humanity Matter Own Back Given Having Attention Look Accomplished Done Really Your

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

Good You Business People Communicate Reward Good People Employees Rules Those Out Lay Miss Motivate Effectively Them Your Things Start

To succeed today, you have to set priorities, decide what you stand for. Lee Iacocca

Today You Priorities Decide Succeed Stand Set

I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way. Lee Iacocca

Me People Way Out Hire Than Get Then Brighter

You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere. Lee Iacocca

You Brilliant Ideas Get Anywhere Them Across Your

Motivation is everything. You can 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

Work You People Inspire Down Everything Guy Instead Him Line Motivation His Get Next Two Two People

I've always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team. Lee Iacocca

Speed Boss Always Team Found

We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems. Lee Iacocca

Great Opportunities Problems Faced Continually Disguised Brilliantly

In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits. Lee Iacocca

Business People Words Three Operations Reduced End In The End Product Profits

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

Any supervisor worth his salt would rather deal with people who attempt too much than with those who try too little. Lee Iacocca

People Worth Try Too Much Salt Too Those Would Rather Supervisor Attempt Deal His Than Any Little Much Who

The one word that makes a good manager - decisiveness. Lee Iacocca

Good Word Good Manager One Word Makes Manager Decisiveness

The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen. Lee Iacocca

Writing Discipline First Down Something Step Toward First Step Making Happen

I always go back to Harry Truman: Should we drop an atomic bomb to save 100,000 lives? That's a hell of a decision to make. Did he make that decision by himself? No, he had advisers. Lee Iacocca

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