Peter Drucker Quotes About Taking Risks
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An organization belongs on a sick list when promotion becomes more important to its people than accomplishment of their job they are in. It is sick when it is more concerned with avoiding mistakes than with taking risks, with counteracting the weaknesses of its members than with building on their strength. But it is sick also when "good human relations" become more important than performance and achievement.
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But innovation is more than a new method. It is a new view of the universe, as one of risk rather than of chance or of certainty. It is a new view of man's role in the universe; he creates order by taking risks. And this means that innovation, rather than being an assertion of human power, is an acceptance of human responsibility.
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People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.
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What you have to do and the way you have to do it is incredibly simple. Whether you are willing to do it is another matter.
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