A cardinal principle of Total Quality escapes too many managers: you cannot continuously improve interdependent systems and processes until you progressively perfect interdependent, interpersonal relationships.
Employers and business leaders need people who can think for themselves - who can take initiative and be the solution to problems.
If there's one thing that's certain in business, it's uncertainty.
We need to have business leaders who live by deep, strong principles.
Having a support system is huge for writers. My parents were always encouraging and told me they were behind me, whether or not I made it in the business. My wife was always there for my successes and failures.
To some extent, we've always had an admiration for extroversion in our culture. But the extrovert ideal really came to play at the turn of the 20th century when we had the rise of big business.
You can't pick up a business magazine ever without seeing the word 'collaborate' splashed all over it. I think people are probably feeling assaulted by the need to always be on and always be interacting.
I see no conflict whatsoever between Christianity and good business practices. People say you can't mix business with religion. I say there's no other way.
Our decision to close on Sunday was our way of honoring God and of directing our attention to things that mattered more than our business.
I'd be resentful if shareholders who don't know the business tried to tell me what to do.
The truth is, when I got started in this business, it wasn't because I had a full understanding of the importance of the business, but because I thought it was fun. I found it exciting. It fulfilled me, whatever it was that I was looking for.
Some days the competition would beat me and I'd go home thinking awful thoughts, want to hide under the bed, depressed. But of course, in the news business, when you're working a daily news broadcast, you get your victories and defeats every day.
I wanted to be in this business, and once I got into the business I knew I enjoyed it, and I liked it, and I wanted to continue, but I never had a five year plan.
But my observation has been, certainly in the news business, you've got to give 110 percent.
You can be in this business 50 years and still not know anything about it.
Part of show business is magic. You don't know how it happens.
My home has always been show business.
I'm sure there will be business ventures and things down the road, but I definitely don't want to be a team owner.
I have never had anything done. I've been asked if I had breast implants. Whether I did or not, it's nobody's business but my own.
I realize that the majority of people in the entertainment business happen to be Democrats. I have no problem with that. And they should have no problem with the fact that I'm a Republican.
Somewhere along the line, Bob said I'd better begin taking this business seriously, because, whether I liked it or not, I had a career.
