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  • In our business, the windows of opportunity open and close with dazzling rapidity...I constantly have to remind people to seize the moment.

  • If Thomas Edison had gone to business school, we would all be reading by larger candles.

    Reading   School   Gone  
    Mark H. McCormack (2016). “What They Don't Teach You At Harvard Business School”, p.9, Profile Books
  • The mental game of business is understanding this Paradox: the better you think you are doing, the greater should be your cause for concern: the more self-satisfied you are with your accomplishments, your past achievements, your 'right moves', the less you should be.

    Moving   Past   Thinking  
  • If new ideas are the lifeblood of any thriving organisation-and, trust me, they are-managers must learn to revere, not merely tolerate, the people who come up with those ideas.

    Ideas   People   Trust Me  
  • Every discussion in a meeting has a diminishing curve of interest. The longer the discussion goes on, the fewer people will be interested in it.

    Curves   People   Goes On  
  • People don't plan to fail. They fail to plan.

    People   Failing   Plans  
  • There are five top superstars in golf, 20 great stars, and 30 good ones. The rest should go and get jobs.

    Jobs   Stars   Golf  
  • You don't have to reinvent the wheel, just attach it to a new wagon.

    Wheels   Wagons  
    Mark H. McCormack (1989). “What they still don't teach you at Harvard Business School”, Bantam Dell Pub Group
  • Fear of failure is at least as common as the desire for success. In fact, if harnessed properly, it can be the energy that drives the wheel.

    Failure   Desire   Energy  
    Mark H. McCormack (2016). “What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School: Notes from a Street-smart Executive”, p.245, Bantam
  • Round numbers beg to be negotiated, usually by counteroffer round numbers. Odd numbers sound harder, firmer, less negotiable.

    Numbers   Sound   Odd  
  • Talk less-you will automatically learn more, hear more, see more-and make fewer blunders.

    Blunders   Fewer  
    Mark H. McCormack (2016). “What They Don't Teach You At Harvard Business School”, p.25, Profile Books
  • I am convinced that most companies don't maximize their barter possibilities. Instead of aggressively reducing costs by trading their services with those of their suppliers, they seem content to pay top dollar for everything.

    Business   Pay   Dollars  
    Mark H. McCormack (1990). “What They Still Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School”, Bantam
  • All things being equal, people will do business with a friend; all things being unequal, people will still do business with a friend.

  • Commit yourself to quality from day one ... it's better to do nothing at all than to do something badly.

    Mark H. McCormack (1990). “What They Still Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School”, Bantam
  • Concentrate on each task, whether trivial or crucial, as if it's the only thing that matters.

    Mark H. McCormack (1990). “What They Still Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School”, Bantam
  • The best people know that there are two phases in every crisis: the one where you manage it and the other where you learn from it. To succeed you have to do both

    Learning   Two   People  
  • Anger can be an effective negotiating tool, but only as a calculated act, never as a reaction.

    Mark H. McCormack (2016). “What They Don't Teach You At Harvard Business School”, p.117, Profile Books
  • If you aren't afraid to fail, then you probably don't care enough about success.

    Care   Failing   Enough  
    Mark H. McCormack (2016). “What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School: Notes from a Street-smart Executive”, p.87, Bantam
  • To me, Arnold was a pioneer in the spirit of Thomas Edison or Benjamin Franklin, while Tiger is a pioneer in the spirit of Bill Gates.

  • Today, if someone showed me a five-year plan, I'd toss out the pages detailing Years Three, Four and Five as pure fantasy Anyone who thinks he or she can evaluate business conditions five years from now, flunks.

  • People retire to do what I do every day.

  • Short-term can be terminal.

    Mark H. McCormack (2016). “What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School: Notes from a Street-smart Executive”, p.164, Bantam
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