Quotes from Robert Heller

The easiest way of making money is to stop losing it.

Think before you act: it's not your money.

All good management is the expression of one great idea

The difference between management and administration (which is what bureaucrats used to do exclusively) is the difference between choice and rigidity.

The first myth of management is that it exists. The second myth of management is that success equals skill.

Never ignore a gut feeling, but never believe that it's enough.

fear is excitement without breath

The effective delegator Does not feel insecure Has confidence in subordinates Uses schedules when planning Knows the value of delegating Ensures staff are trained

Never ignore a gut feeling, but never believe that it's enough.

Here lies one of the world's rare generalized TINAs. There Is No Alternative to creativity and innovation: these days, obscurantism and conservatism will do for you every time.

Most people don't manage to the utmost of their ability because they don't want to.

Things have to be made to happen in a way you want them to happen. Without management, without the intervention of organized willpower the desired result simply cannot be obtained.

The first myth of management is that it exists. The second myth of management is that success equals skill.

Without the right attitude, a business with everything going for it will fail.

Cash in must exceed cash out.

If sophisticated calculations are needed to justify an action, don't do it.

Either an executive can do his job or he can't.

No executive devotes effort to proving himself wrong.

No decision in business provides greater potential for the creation of wealth (or its destruction, come to think of it) than the choice of which innovation to back.