Harold S. Geneen

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will read more

In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later.

Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non performance can always be explained away.

Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non performance can always be explained away.

It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.

It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.

It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises but only performance read more

It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises but only performance is reality.

You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.

You cannot run a business, or anything else, on a theory.