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Grinding It Out

: The Making of McDonald's

"He either enchants or antagonizes everyone he meets. But even his enemies agree there are three things Ray Kroc does damned well: sell hamburgers, make money, and tell stories." --from Grinding It Out Few entrepreneurs can

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“A good executive does not like mistakes. He will allow his subordinates an honest mistake once in a while, but he will never condone or forgive dishonesty.”

— Ray Kroc, amazon.com

Tagged: Executives, Mistakes, Honest Mistakes, Dishonesty

“There's almost nothing you can't accomplish if you set your mind to it.”

— Ray Kroc, amazon.com

Tagged: Goals, perseverance

“A little bit of luck helps, yes, but the key element, which too many in our affluent society have forgotten, is still hard work—grinding it out.”

— Ray Kroc, amazon.com

Tagged: Luck, Hard Work

“I believe that if you think small, you’ll stay small.”

— Ray Kroc, amazon.com

Tagged: Ambition, Goals

“Happiness is not a tangible thing, it’s a byproduct of achievement. Achievement must be made against the possibility of failure, against the risk of defeat. It is no achievement to walk a tightrope laid flat on the floor. Where there is no risk, there can be no pride in achievement and, consequently…”

— Ray Kroc, amazon.com

Tagged: Happiness, Achievement, Free Enterprise

“Achievement must be made against the possibility of failure, against the risk of defeat. It is no achievement to walk a tightrope laid flat on the floor. Where there is no risk, there can be no pride in achievement and, consequently, no happiness. The only way we can advance is by going forward, ind…”

— Ray Kroc, amazon.com

Tagged: Success

“No self-respecting pitcher throws the same way to every batter, and no self-respecting salesman makes the same pitch to every client.”

— Ray Kroc, amazon.com

Tagged: Sales, Mix It Up, Surprise Them!, Winning Clients

“I refused to worry about more than one thing at a time, and I would not let useless fretting about a problem, no matter how important, keep me from sleeping.”

— Ray Kroc, amazon.com

Tagged: Sleep, Sleep Is So Important, Sleep More

“America had become an ice cream society in the last years of the twenties, thanks in large part to Prohibition. Bars and fine lounges in hotels sold ice cream, because they could no longer sell liquor, and dairy bars began to crop up all over the country. It was an incredible era.”

— Ray Kroc, amazon.com

Tagged: American History, Prohibition, ice cream

“There’s almost nothing you can’t accomplish if you set your mind to it.”

— Ray Kroc, amazon.com

Tagged: Confidence Is Key, Confidence

“I believe that if you hire a man to do a job, you ought to get out of the way and let him do it.”

— Ray Kroc, amazon.com

Tagged: Leadership, Employees

“A good executive does not like mistakes. He will allow his subordinates an honest mistake once in a while, but he will never condone or forgive dishonesty.”

— Ray Kroc, amazon.com

Tagged: Leadership, Employees

“It has always been my belief that authority should be placed at the lowest possible level. I wanted the man closest to the stores to be able to make decisions without seeking directives from headquarters.”

— Ray Kroc, amazon.com

Tagged: Leadership, Delegation

“A good executive does not like mistakes. He will allow his subordinates an honest mistake once in a while, but he will never condone or forgive dishonesty.”

— Ray Kroc, amazon.com

Tagged: Leadership, Executives, Mistakes, Bussinus

“I was an overnight success all right, but thirty years is a long, long night.”

— Ray Kroc, amazon.com

Tagged: Hard Work, Working Hard, Success Jokes, It Takes Forever, Patience

“You must perfect every fundamental of your business if you expect it to perform well.”

— Ray Kroc, amazon.com

Tagged: Business, How To Improve Performance