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Facts Then Decision Then Action — No Faltering, Plow Cash Back Into Acreage, Capability as the Product
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''Do it anyway/' Tex would tell him, as he was often to tell others, "and Til straighten it out later." A newly assigned captain sought the counsel of Edward K. Dunn, another gray-haired ex-Baltimore banker whom Tex had…
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"''Do it anyway/' Tex would tell him, as he was often to tell others, "and Til straighten it out later." A newly assigned captain sought the counsel of Edward K. Dunn, another gray-haired ex-Baltimore banker whom Tex had recruited. The captain was worried whether or not Thornton had given him sufficient authority to carry out his directive. "You might as well learn now as later," Dunn told him, "that Tex doesn't yield authority generously to guys who aren't strong enough to grab it.""
Someone Has to Make It Happen; The Inside Story of Tex Thornton, the Man Who Built Litton Industries
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Facts Then Decision Then Action — No FalteringPlow Cash Back Into AcreageCapability as the ProductWindows of the Mind Not Product ListsNegotiate From Their Chair FirstSmall Solution Scaled to Big ProblemOne Building Block Then Mosaic OutwardStock From His Own Hide to Hook the Best FishOutwork Them Past MidnightLet Fresh Ideas Prove Themselves Before ShootingFifty-Foot Rope for Thirty-Foot DrowningGrab Authority or Lose It