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“It is a human inclination to hope things will work out, despite evidence or doubt to the contrary. A successful manager must resist this temptation.”

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Author:Hyman Rickover

“Some of the most successful people managers are also the best listeners.”

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Author:Mary Kay Ash

“I think 'Elbow' were considered successful even before [2008's] Seldom Seen Kid because we were living off the band. We have a great manager who keeps our coffers topped off, and we give ourselves a sensible wage with a view to having three fallow years between records. We always make sure we have enough money to make a record and not be pressured time-wise.”

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Author:Guy Garvey

“What is the manager's job? It is to direct the resources and the efforts of the business toward opportunities for economically significant results. This sounds trite - and it is. But every analysis of actual allocation of resources and efforts in business that I have ever seen or made showed clearly that the bulk of time, work, attention, and money first goes to problems rather than to opportunities, and, secondly, to areas where even extraordinarily successful performance will have minimal impact on results.”

Source: The Peter F. Drucker Reader: Selected Articles from the Father of Modern Management Thinking

“My idea of that[idea of career] is constantly changing. I mostly just throw it out to the universe and I can't really do much after that. I've never taken the steps to be "successful": I've never had a manager or signed to a publishing house. I've talked to people about it but I've never followed through because it gives me the creeps.”

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Author:J Tillman