Lee Iacocca
American ⋅ Businessman ⋅ BioLido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca (/ˌaɪ.əˈkoʊkə/ eye-ə-koh-kə; born October 15, 1924) is an American automobile executive best known for spearheading the development of Ford Mustang and Pinto cars, while at the Ford Motor Company in the 1960s, and then later for reviving the Chrysler Corporation as its CEO during the 1980s. He served as President and CEO of Chrysler from 1978 and additionally as chairman from 1979, until his retirement at the end of 1992. Iacocca was a passionate advocate of U.S. business exports during the 1980s. He is the author (or co-author) of several books, including Iacocca: An Autobiography (with William Novak), and Where Have All the Leaders Gone? Portfolio named Iacocca the 18th-greatest American CEO of all time.
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In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.
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Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss.
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When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.
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The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.
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My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.
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Management is nothing more than motivating other people.
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Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.
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Most people are looking for security, a nice, safe, prosperous future. And there's nothing wrong with that. It's called the American Dream.
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We at Chrysler borrow money the old fashion way. We pay it back.
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I've always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team.
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The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.
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We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.
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People say to me, You were a roaring success. How did you do it? I go back to what my parents taught me. Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make something happen.
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So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.
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People want economy and they'll pay almost any price to get it.
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The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.
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The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they're expected to do -- they always reach.
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I have always found that if I move with seventy-five percent or more of the facts that I usually never regret it. It's the guys who wait to have everything perfect that drive you crazy.
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I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.
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