“His management philosophy, tempered in his rain-dancing days, was always to give the project to whoever had the most to gain from success--or the most to lose from failure.”
“There was nothing to be gained by losing his temper. There was never anything to be gained by that.”
“What companies want most from their managers is what they most stop their managers from giving. What managers want most from their jobs is what they most stop themselves from getting.”
“What managers want most from companies they stop themselves from getting.What companies want most from managers they stop them from giving.”
“Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes.”
“Reading has always been the largest and most irreplaceable pleasure for Vincent; reading about other people's successes and failures, joys and sufferings seemed to bury his own failures.”