There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else. (Reza Pahlavi Mohammed)
Markets change, tastes change, so the companies and the individuals who choose to compete in those markets must change. (Reza Pahlavi Mohammed)
Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art. (Reza Pahlavi Mohammed)
You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart. (Reza Pahlavi Mohammed)
Our planning system was dynamite when we first put it in. The thinking was fresh; the form mattered little. It was idea oriented. We then hired a head of planning, and he hired two vice presidents, and then he hired a planner; and the books got thicker, and the printing more sophisticated, and the covers got harder, and the drawings got better. (Reza Pahlavi Mohammed)
Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion. (Reza Pahlavi Mohammed)
Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions. (Reza Pahlavi Mohammed)
Business is like war in one respect. If its grand strategy is correct, any number of tactical errors can be made and yet the enterprise proves successful. (Reza Pahlavi Mohammed)
When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary. (Reza Pahlavi Mohammed)
To succeed in business it is necessary to make others see things as you see them. (Reza Pahlavi Mohammed)
The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows. (Reza Pahlavi Mohammed)
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. (Reza Pahlavi Mohammed)
I'm in and out of all the areas of the business. But of course the main thing is singing and acting. (Reza Pahlavi Mohammed)
Everyone tells me it's impossible. But they said that about starting
my own business. I'm not smart, but I'm totally inspired to do this. (Reza Pahlavi Mohammed)
I think it takes a lot to keep you in there. It is a tricky business and the whole negotiating aspect of it can drive someone insane. (Reza Pahlavi Mohammed)
It is nasty. You can think that you know someone in this business and you really don't. You can be stabbed in the back very easily. You can be praised very easily. It doesn't matter who you are or what you do. (Reza Pahlavi Mohammed)
And then there's all these other creeps that surround your band and suck off you like leeches and try to manipulate you and your business. You have to watch like a hawk. I'm always ready to fight. I see it very much as a battle. (Reza Pahlavi Mohammed)
I decided to retire from show business at the age of 17, because I didn't like it a bit. (Reza Pahlavi Mohammed)
I wanted to be a model; I wanted to be a nurse; I wanted to be so many things, almost anything but being part of show business. (Reza Pahlavi Mohammed)
I'm investing in a company that has patented wallet technology that will deodorize currency. That way people won't have to deal with money that smells funny. (Reza Pahlavi Mohammed)
We're pulling Frances into the family business. (Reza Pahlavi Mohammed)
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