Best quotes by Ricardo Semler on Work

Checkout quotes by Ricardo Semler on Work

  • The purpose of work is not to make money. The purpose of work is to make the workers, whether working stiffs or top executives, feel good about life.
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  • Growth and profit are a product of how people work together.
    - Ricardo Semler
  • People are too keen to follow standard preconceptions of how organisations should work. All too often, we feel that we are unable to make changes and so hope that someone, somewhere in your organisation knows what we are doing and what the overall aim is.
    - Ricardo Semler
  • A high percentage of organisations develop a military rationale, whereby only a very small number of people make all of the decisions. There is little wonder, then, that people aren't keen to get out of bed and come to work on a Monday morning.
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  • The key to getting work done on time is to stop wearing a watch.
    - Ricardo Semler
  • The purpose of work is to make the worker - whether a working stiff or a CEO - feel good about life.
    - Ricardo Semler