Lessons

From Esquire, Jan. 2008

“What are you really doing? At the core? My answer is—and this is what I’ve learned—you’re basically getting people to trust you.” Steve Wynn, Hotelier

“The most powerful tool of all is the word no.” Andy Grove, Former chairman of Intel

4 thoughts on “Lessons

  1. My favorites were:

    God doesn’t care that I have a sandwich on Yom Kippur. He cares that I helped a blind man across the street. — Joan Rivers

    I’d like to be twenty-five again. — Sen. John McCain

    Your job as a manager is to carry a watering can in one hand and fertilizer in the other. Pour it over the seeds and watch the seeds grow. Now, you’re gonna get some weeds. So you gotta cut the damn things out to improve the garden. — Jack Welch, former CEO of GE

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