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title: "30 Decision Quotes By Peter Drucker"
description: "30 Decision quotes by Peter Drucker. Plus more from Peter Drucker and more Decision sayings from other authors."
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> [Once the facts are clear the decisions jump out at you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/once-the-facts-are-clear-the-decisions-jump-out-at-you/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

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> [Decision making is the specific executive task.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/decision-making-is-the-specific-executive-task/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

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> [Decisions exist only in the present.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/decisions-exist-only-in-the-present/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

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> [Erroneous assumptions can be disastrous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/erroneous-assumptions-can-be-disastrous/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

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> [Nobody in the world is as good at making decisions as the Japanese.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/nobody-in-the-world-is-as-good-at-making-decisions-as-the-japanese/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

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> [Important decisions are risky. They should be controversial. Acclamation means that nobody has done the homework.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/important-decisions-are-risky-they-should-be-controversial/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

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> [One has to make a decision when a condition is likely to degenerate if nothing is done.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/one-has-to-make-a-decision-when-a-condition-is-likely-to-degenerate/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

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> [The 1st question the effective decision-maker asks is: 'Is this a generic situation or an exception?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/the-1st-question-the-effective-decision-maker-asks-is-is-this-a/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

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> [A management decision is irresponsible if it risks disaster this year for the sake of a grandiose future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/a-management-decision-is-irresponsible-if-it-risks-disaster-this-year/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

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> [In areas where they are simply incompetent, smart executives don’t make decisions or take actions. They delegate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/in-areas-where-they-are-simply-incompetent-smart-executives-don-t/)

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> [More business decisions occur over lunch and dinner than at any other time, yet no MBA courses are given on the subject.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/more-business-decisions-occur-over-lunch-and-dinner-than-at-any-other/)

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> [Profit is not the explanation, cause, or rationale of business behavior and business decisions, but the test of their validity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/profit-is-not-the-explanation-cause-or-rationale-of-business-behavior/)

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> [The most common source of mistakes in management decisions is the emphasis on finding the right answer rather than the right question.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/the-most-common-source-of-mistakes-in-management-decisions-is-the/)

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> [Systematic decision review also shows executives their own weaknesses, particularly the areas in which they are simply incompetent. In these areas, smart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/systematic-decision-review-also-shows-executives-their-own-weaknesses/)

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> [Political freedom is neither easy nor automatic, neither pleasant nor secure. It is the responsibility of the individual for the decisions of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/political-freedom-is-neither-easy-nor-automatic-neither-pleasant-nor/)

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> [The most important decisions in organizations are people decisions, and yet only the military, and only recently, has begun to ask, "If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/the-most-important-decisions-in-organizations-are-people-decisions/)

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> [Most discussions of decision making assume that only senior executives make decisions or that only senior executives' decisions matter. This is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/most-discussions-of-decision-making-assume-that-only-senior/)

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> [Executives do many things in addition to making decisions. But only executives make decisions. The first managerial skill is, therefore, the making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/executives-do-many-things-in-addition-to-making-decisions-but-only/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

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> [The question that faces the strategic decision maker is not what his organisation should do tomorrow. It is, what do we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/the-question-that-faces-the-strategic-decision-maker-is-not-what-his/)

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> [There is no perfect strategic decision. One always has to pay a price. One always has to balance conflicting objectives, conflicting opinions,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/there-is-no-perfect-strategic-decision-one-always-has-to-pay-a-price/)

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> [Of all the decisions an executive makes, none is as important as the decisions about people, because they determine the performance capacity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/of-all-the-decisions-an-executive-makes-none-is-as-important-as-the/)

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> [Strategic planning is the continuous process of making present entrepreneurial (risk-taking) decisions systematically and with the greatest knowledge of their futurity; organizing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/strategic-planning-is-the-continuous-process-of-making-present/)

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> [The largest 100 corporations hold 25 percent of the worldwide productive assets, which in turn control 75 percent of international trade and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/the-largest-100-corporations-hold-25-percent-of-the-worldwide/)

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> [Unless a decision has degenerated into work, it is not a decision; it is at best a good intention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/unless-a-decision-has-degenerated-into-work-it-is-not-a-decision-it/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

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> [No decision has been made unless carrying it out in specific steps has become someone's work assignment and responsibility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/no-decision-has-been-made-unless-carrying-it-out-in-specific-steps/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

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> [Teamwork is neither "good" nor "desirable." It is a fact. Wherever people work together or play together they do so as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/teamwork-is-neither-good-nor-desirable-it-is-a-fact-wherever-people/)

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> [The next thing to be said about what long-range planning is not, is that it does not deal with future decisions. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/the-next-thing-to-be-said-about-what-long-range-planning-is-not-is/)

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> [Some of the best business and nonprofit CEOs I've worked with over a sixty-five-year consulting career were not stereotypical leaders. They were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/some-of-the-best-business-and-nonprofit-ceos-i-ve-worked-with-over-a/)

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> [Decisions of the kind the executive has to make are not made well by acclamation. They are made well only if based…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/decisions-of-the-kind-the-executive-has-to-make-are-not-made-well-by/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

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> [Checking the results of a decision against its expectations shows executives what their strengths are, where they need to improve, and where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/checking-the-results-of-a-decision-against-its-expectations-shows/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

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## More by Peter Drucker

> [One reason for the tremendous increase in health-care costs in the U.S. is managerial neglect of the "hotel services" by the people who dominate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/one-reason-for-the-tremendous-increase-in-health-care-costs-in-the-u/)

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> [No executive has ever suffered because his subordinates were strong and effective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/no-executive-has-ever-suffered-because-his-subordinates-were-strong/)

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> [Results is all that separates one company from another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/results-is-all-that-separates-one-company-from-another/)

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> [“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. Peter Drucker”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/there-is-nothing-so-useless-as-doing-efficiently-that-which-should/)

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> [Our society has become an employee society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/our-society-has-become-an-employee-society/)

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> [Replace your pursuit of success with the pursuit of contribution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/replace-your-pursuit-of-success-with-the-pursuit-of-contribution/)

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> [Management means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of knowledge for folkways and superstition, and of cooperation for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/management-means-in-the-last-analysis-the-substitution-of-thought-for/)

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> [Don't try to innovate for the future. Innovate for the present!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/don-t-try-to-innovate-for-the-future-innovate-for-the-present/)

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> [The critical question is not "How can I achieve?" but "What can I contribute?"](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/the-critical-question-is-not-how-can-i-achieve-but-what-can-i/)

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> [We can say with certainty - or 90% probability - that the new industries that are about to be born will have nothing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/we-can-say-with-certainty-or-90-probability-that-the-new-industries/)

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> [When it rains manna from heaven, some people put up an umbrella. Others reach for a big spoon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/when-it-rains-manna-from-heaven-some-people-put-up-an-umbrella-others/)

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> [The enterprise can fulfill its human and social functions only if it prospers as a business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/the-enterprise-can-fulfill-its-human-and-social-functions-only-if-it/)

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> [The computer actually may have aggravated management's degenerative tendency to focus inward on costs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/the-computer-actually-may-have-aggravated-management-s-degenerative/)

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> [Nobody can predict the future; the idea is to have a firm grasp of the present.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/nobody-can-predict-the-future-the-idea-is-to-have-a-firm-grasp-of-the/)

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> [An executive should be a realist; and no one is less realistic than the cynic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/an-executive-should-be-a-realist-and-no-one-is-less-realistic-than/)

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