"The resource allocation task of top management has received too much attention when compared to the task of resource leverage."

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Source : Gary Hamel, C. K. Prahalad (2013). “Competing for the Future”, p.174, Harvard Business Press

C. K. Prahalad

#Tasks Quotes #Attention Quotes #Too Much Quotes

“I know, that since life is our most precious gift, and as far as we can be absolutely certain, it's given to us to live but once, let us so live we will not regret years of useless virtue, and inertia, and timidity, and ignorance, and in our last moments we can say: 'All my life, all my conscious energies, have been dedicated to the most noble cause in the world, the liberation of the human mind and spirit - beginning with my own'.”
“Government must be a transparent garment which tightly clings to the people's body.”

Source : "Danton's Death". Play by Georg Buchner, Act I, 1835.
“My dad is a really honest, hardworking, straight guy.”
“Immediate gratification of a live audience makes me come alive. I miss performing in theater. I'll make my return to the stage eventually.”
“To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.”
“I try to get seven to eight hours of sleep. Wash my hands a lot, take a few supplements, like omega-3 and vitamin D. When I feel a cold coming on, I pop some zinc. I do my best to eat a low-sodium, high-fiber diet. I drink mostly water or coconut water. I don't smoke, no drugs, and drink red wine occasionally.”
“NBC was trying to convert all of their local programming to color right away to encourage the sale of the sets, so I barely remember working in black and white, although I do know that I did do it, but there was not a major difference, though.”
“Doin' nothing's a dangerous occupation.”

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