The new always looks so puny-so unpromising-next to the reality of the massive, ongoing business. Peter Drucker More Quotes by Peter Drucker More Quotes From Peter Drucker If you have more than five goals, you have none. Peter Drucker fivegoalifs The talk you hear about adapting to change is not only stupid, it's dangerous. The only way you can manage change is to create it. Peter Drucker stupidinspirationalway Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done. Peter Drucker funny-inspirationalleadershipwise There is nothing worse than doing the wrong thing well. Peter Drucker wrong-thingswells Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action. Peter Drucker wiseinspirationalpeace The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity. Peter Drucker businessmotivationalinspirational Management is not being brilliant. Management is being conscientious. Peter Drucker brilliantmanagement Doing the right thing is more important than doing the thing right. Peter Drucker doing-the-right-thingimportantbusiness Once the facts are clear the decisions jump out at you. Peter Drucker lynchingchoicesdecision We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn. Peter Drucker educationalchangeteacher Profit for a company is like oxygen for a person. If you don't have enough of it, you're out of the game. But if you think your life is about breathing, you're really missing something. Peter Drucker breathingoxygenthinking As a manager you're paid to be uncomfortable. If you're comfortable, it's a sure sign you're doing things wrong. Peter Drucker managersuncomfortablepaid You cannot build performance on weaknesses. You can build only on strengths. Peter Drucker weaknessperformances Most leaders don't need to learn what to do. They need to learn what to stop. Peter Drucker leaderneeds Focus on opportunities, not problems. Peter Drucker focusproblemopportunity Morale in an organization does not mean that "people get along together"; the test is performance not conformance. Peter Drucker organizationmeanpeople What's measured improves Peter Drucker management Now that knowledge is taking the place of capital as the driving force in organizations worldwide, it is all too easy to confuse data with knowledge and information technology with information. Peter Drucker datatechnologyorganization The fruit of your work grows on other people's trees Peter Drucker fruittreepeople If there is any one secret of effectiveness, it is concentration. Effective executives do first things first and they do one thing at a time. Peter Drucker effectivenessfocussecret
