Harold Geneen Running Quotations

When I come upon a man who has a gleaming, empty, clear desktop, I am dealing with a fellow who is so far removed from the realities of his business that someone else is running it for him.

You can't run a business or anything else on a theory.

You read a book from beginning to end. You run a business the opposite way. You start with the end, and then you do everything you must to reach it.