--- title: "3 Scott Fearon Quotes" description: "Scott Fearon has 3 quotes on SMS4Smile. Browse their most insightful sayings." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76c/scott-fearon-77540_management_people-in-management-positions-even-very_731483.jpg" --- # Scott Fearon **3** quotes in **11** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet ## Quotes by Scott Fearon > [“people in management positions, even very senior management positions, are often completely wrong about the fortunes of their own companies. More important,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-fearon/people-in-management-positions-even-very-senior-management-positions/) [Scott Fearon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-fearon/) [Management](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/management/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76c/scott-fearon-77540_management_people-in-management-positions-even-very_731483.jpg) > [“As the manager of my hedge fund, I’ve shorted the stocks of over two hundred companies that have eventually gone bankrupt. Many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-fearon/as-the-manager-of-my-hedge-fund-i-ve-shorted-the-stocks-of-over-two/) [Scott Fearon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-fearon/) [Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/082/scott-fearon-77540_business_as-the-manager-of-my-hedge-fund-i-ve-sho_2445047.jpg) > [“I was learning an important and fascinating lesson about business and human nature: Failure terrifies people. They’ll do whatever they have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-fearon/i-was-learning-an-important-and-fascinating-lesson-about-business-and/) [Scott Fearon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-fearon/) [Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d3/scott-fearon-77540_business_i-was-learning-an-important-and-fascinat_2855976.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-fearon/#itemlist", "name": "Scott Fearon Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“people in management positions, even very senior management positions, are often completely wrong about the fortunes of their own companies. More important, in making these misjudgments, they almost always err on the side of excessive optimism. They think their businesses are in much better shape than they actually are. Jerry’s rig utilization chart at Global Marine and our own CFO’s boasts about Joe DiMaggio only underscored this lesson for me at the time. 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Many of these businesses started out with promising, even inspired ideas: natural cures for common diseases, for example, or a cool new kind of sporting goods product. Others were once-thriving organizations trying to rebound from hard times. Despite their differences, they all failed because their leaders made one or more of six common mistakes that I look for: They learned from only the recent past. They relied too heavily on a formula for success. They misread or alienated their customers. They fell victim to a mania. They failed to adapt to tectonic shifts in their industries. 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