Michael Gerber People Quotations

Systems run the business and people run the systems.

The greatest business people I've met are determined to get it right no matter what the cost.

The entrepreneur in us sees opportunities everywhere we look, but many people see only problems everywhere they look. The entrepreneur in us is more concerned with discriminating between opportunities than he or she is with failing to see the opportunities.

Great people have a vision of their lives that they practice emulating each and every day. They go to work on their lives, not just in their lives.

I believe the difference between great people and everyone else is that great people create their lives actively, while everyone else is created by their lives, passively waiting to see where life takes them next.

Great businesses are not built by extraordinary people but by ordinary people doing extraordinary things.

Systems permit ordinary people to achieve extraordinary results predictably.

Organize around business functions, not people. Build systems within each business function. Let systems run the business and people run the systems. People come and go but the systems remain constant.

My experience has shown me that the people who are exceptionally good in business aren't so because of what they know but because of their insatiable need to know more.

The difference between great people and everyone else is that great people create their lives actively, while everyone else is created by their lives, passively waiting to see where life takes them next. The difference between the two is the difference between living fully and just existing.