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    I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate them. The primary job of the manager is not to empower but to remove obstacles.

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Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.

Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.

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Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed read more

Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed the principles that were known to our grandfathers.

by William Feather Found in: Principles Quotes,
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We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.

We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.

by Mark Twain Found in: Principles Quotes,
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Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

by Abraham Lincoln Found in: Principles Quotes,
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A good manager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wasting the energies of his people. read more

A good manager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wasting the energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight you openly when they think that you are wrong - that's healthy.

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The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the read more

The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles.

by Ayn Rand Found in: Principles Quotes,
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Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.

Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.

by Mark Twain Found in: Principles Quotes,
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A good manager is a man who isn't worried about his own career but rather the careers of those who read more

A good manager is a man who isn't worried about his own career but rather the careers of those who work for him.

by H.s.m. Burns Found in: Managers Quotes,
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Many plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.

Many plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.

by Thornton Wilder Found in: Managers Quotes,
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