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Peter Drucker's mantras for success

September 24, 2008

  • Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.

  • Meetings are a symptom of bad organisation. The fewer meetings the better.

  • The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.

  • Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you've got.

  • Objectives are not fate; they are direction. They are not commands; they are commitments. They do not determine the future; they are means to mobilise the resources and energies of the business for the making of the future.

    Image: The entrepreneur always searches for change -- Bill Gates, chairman, Microsoft, speaks in Hong Kong on August 12, 2008. Gates was giving a speech at Microsoft Research Asia 10th Anniversary Innovation Forum. | Photograph: Mike Clarke/AFP/Getty Images

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