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Harold S. Geneen

I think it is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises - but only performance is reality.

Harold S. Geneen

Business

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In business, what people say or promise doesn't hold real value unless it is backed up by actual results. The true measure of success is what is done, not what is spoken or explained.

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