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"It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance."
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Explore more quotes by Harold S. Geneen
"A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason."
"In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later."
"It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises-but only performance is reality."
"The best way to inspire people to superior performance is to convince them by everything you do and by your everyday attitude that you are wholeheartedly supporting them."
"I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them."
"I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises - but only performance is reality."
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"No matter how many times audience has already applauded, the sound of their applause will get louder with the better quality of your magic effect."
"Tomorrow night I appear for the first time before a Boston audience - 4000 critics."
"If life is a stage and you are your own agent, then don't hesitate to play the character you wish to play."
"High performers whom exhibit tremendous self-control tend to be burden by their own competence. Studies indicate that being extraordinary competent can place a person under an unusual amount of stress because it raises other people's expectation of them. The more task that an exemplary employee produces with a 'go-getting personality' while maintaining high quality relationships with peers and clients, the more an organization tends to underestimates their actual effort and the more it expects of them. Other people do not comprehend how difficult it is for a high performer to complete multifaceted tasks. They also tend to underestimate how much effort an enterprising person exerts who maintains a positive and pleasant attitude while completing difficult assignments."
"If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect and performance shall be different."
"Think like magician, present like magician and perform like magician."
"As a magician you will miss the hundred percent of the applause if you don't perform."
"A magician with decreasing practice sessions will give defective performances."
"So much depends on the performance, and here you are also tied up in the emotion the game evokes."
"Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience that hissed yesterday may applaud today, even for the same performance."
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