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Robert Half
American
Businessman
About the author
No one can be right all of the time, but it helps to be right most of the time.
Robert Half,
American
Businessman
#Time
#Right
A ruler isn't always straight.
Robert Half,
American
Businessman
When your future arrives, will you blame your past?
Robert Half,
American
Businessman
#Will
#Past
#Future
#Blame
When one teaches, two learn.
Robert Half,
American
Businessman
Time spent on hiring is time well spent.
Robert Half,
American
Businessman
#Time
#Hiring
There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.
Robert Half,
American
Businessman
#Ability
There are some who start their retirement long before they stop working.
Robert Half,
American
Businessman
#Retirement
The search for someone to blame is always successful.
Robert Half,
American
Businessman
#Successful
#Blame
People who look down on other people don't end up being looked up to.
Robert Half,
American
Businessman
#People
#End
#Being
Not admitting a mistake is a bigger mistake.
Robert Half,
American
Businessman
#Mistake
Laziness is a secret ingredient that goes into failure. But it's only kept a secret from the person who fails.
Robert Half,
American
Businessman
#Failure
#Laziness
It's easy to make good decisions when there are no bad options.
Robert Half,
American
Businessman
#Decisions
#Options
Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy.
Robert Half,
American
Businessman
#Work
#Tragedy
#Talent
#Hard work
#Shame
Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too.
Robert Half,
American
Businessman
#Work
Convincing yourself doesn't win an argument.
Robert Half,
American
Businessman
#Argument
Asking the right questions takes as much skill as giving the right answers.
Robert Half,
American
Businessman
#Right
#Questions
#Answers
#Giving
#Skill
Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.
Robert Half,
American
Businessman
#Acting
#Idea
People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that can't live within its income.
Robert Half,
American
Businessman
#People
#Government
#Taxes
#Income