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title: "3 Harold S Geneen Quotes"
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# Harold S Geneen

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Harold "Hal" Sydney Geneen, was an American businessman most famous for serving as president of the ITT Corporation.

##  Quotes by Harold S Geneen

> [Performance is your reality. Forget everything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-s-geneen-2/performance-is-your-reality-forget-everything-else/)

[Harold S Geneen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-s-geneen-2/)

[Forget](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/forget/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d7/harold-s-geneen-2-66485_memory_performance-is-your-reality-forget-every_1302539.jpg)

> [Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-s-geneen-2/leadership-is-practiced-not-so-much-in-words-as-in-attitude-and-in/)

[Harold S Geneen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-s-geneen-2/)

[Attitude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attitude/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d5/harold-s-geneen-2-66485_attitude_leadership-is-practiced-not-so-much-in-w_2409398.jpg)

> [Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Non performance can always be explained away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-s-geneen-2/performance-stands-out-like-a-ton-of-diamonds-non-performance-can/)

[Harold S Geneen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-s-geneen-2/)

[Diamonds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/diamonds/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/374/harold-s-geneen-2-66485_diamonds_performance-stands-out-like-a-ton-of-dia_2690650.jpg)

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