The World Motivation
One of the things the government can't do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads, and both of them are bankrupt.
“One of the things the government can't do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads, and both of them are bankrupt.”
— Lee Iacocca · Bankrupt
One of the things the government can't do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads, and both of them are bankrupt.
In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits.
There are times when even the best manager is like the little boy with the big dog, waiting to see where the dog wants to go so he can take him there.
Management is nothing more than motivating other people.
Chrysler builds great cars.
In the 1990s, we had seven great teams - Milan, Inter, Juventus, Parma, Lazio, Roma, Fiorentina. If you look at the players, they were great players, but there was some crazy investment, and some teams went bankrupt, like Parma and Lazio.
So many large movies come to you with a huge marketing campaign and it's like you have to see this movie this weekend, otherwise you'll be culturally bankrupt and can't converse with your friends.
When I was declared bankrupt it felt like I was in a financial mess I would never get out of.
I went bankrupt and then I didn't tell anyone.
My parents and friends, they're Ph.D.s that worked as custodians, that owned their own businesses, that went bankrupt, that moved seven times, that sent their kid to Harvard, that don't have any money for retirement. Highs and lows of life.