Harold Geneen (1910–1997) American businessman
Managing, Chapter Five (Management Must Manage), p. 86.
“The three great American vices seem to be efficiency, punctuality, and the desire for achievement and success. They are the things that make the Americans so unhappy and so nervous.”
— Lin Yutang, book The Importance of Living
Source: The Importance of Living (1937), p. 162
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