Home / Quotes / Quote by Jack Welch

Quote by Jack Welch

“Focus on a few key objectives ... I only have three things to do. I have to choose the right people, allocate the right number of dollars, and transmit ideas from one division to another with the speed of light. So I'm really in the business of being the gatekeeper and the transmitter of ideas.”

Quote by Jack Welch

Author

Jack Welch, born on November 19, 1935, is an accomplished author. His works span a variety of fields including business, management, and personal growth, and have been widely appreciated by readers. more

You May Also Like

“When Sam Snead was asked how to putt, he said, 'Putt for one hundred dollars'.”

Inspirational Said Motivation Hundred Dollars

Author:Bob Schieffer

“The future may be made up of many factors but where it truly lies is in the hearts and minds of men. Your dedication should not be confined for your own gain, but unleashes your passion for our beloved country as well as for the integrity and humanity of mankind.”

“Every civilization is, among other things, an arrangement for domesticating the passions and setting them to do useful work.”

Passion Civilization Setting Settings Arrangements

Book:Complete Essays: 1939-1956

Source: Complete Essays: 1939-1956

“Love is the spiritual essence of what we do. Technique is the manifestation of the preparation and investment as a result of the love.”

Spiritual Passion Love Is Results Essence Investment Technique Preparation Manifestation

Book:To a Young Jazz Musician: Letters from the Road

Source: To a Young Jazz Musician: Letters from the Road

“Every man is proud of what he does well; and no man is proud of what he does not do well. With the former, his heart is in his work; and he will do twice as much of it with less fatigue. The latter performs a little imperfectly, looks at it in disgust, turns from it, and imagines himself exceedingly tired. The little he has done, comes to nothing, for want of finishing.”

Men Want Wells Looks Heart Littles Doe Done Turns Passion Work Imagine Proud Labor Tired Every Man Former Latter Disgusting Fatigue Finishing

Book:The Portable Abraham Lincoln

Source: The Portable Abraham Lincoln

“Let me pass, I have to follow them, I am their leader.”

Author:Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin

“As long as you're green, you're growing. As soon as you're ripe, you start to rot.”

Long Growing Green Ripe Teachability

Book:Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's

Source: Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's

“A man can learn a lot if he listens, and if I didn't learn anything else I was learning how much I didn't know.”

Ifs Knows Men Teachability

Book:The Daybreakers

Source: The Daybreakers

“... the mind must be prepared for knowledge as one prepares a field for planting, and a discovery made too soon is no better than a discovery not made at all.”

Mind Made Fields Discovery Prepared Be Prepared Teachability

Book:The Walking Drum

Source: The Walking Drum

“In the Western tradition, we have focused on teaching as a skill and forgotten what Socrates knew: teaching is a gift, learning is a skill.”

Teaching Skills Tradition Western Forgotten Focused Teachability

Book:Adventures of a Bystander

Source: Adventures of a Bystander