John Brooks
Born: 12-04-1920
John Brooks was a distinguished American journalist and author, renowned for his insightful analysis of business and economics. A longtime contributor to The New Yorker, his work skillfully blended storytelling with financial acumen. Brooks authored several influential books, including "Business Adventures," which remains a classic in business literature. His keen observations and engaging prose have left a lasting impact on readers and industry leaders alike.
Book summaries for books written by John Brooks
Quotes
The successful corporation is the greatest puller-together and the most effective innovator that we have ever devised.
Business is always a struggle between bad men on one side and bad men on the other.
The art of successful business is not unlike the art of war.
The only way that any business can succeed is if it gives people what they want.
The executive must be a man who is never satisfied, who always feels that he can do better.
The most important thing in business is honesty, integrity, hard work, family, never forgetting where we came from.
Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future.
In business, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.
The most valuable asset of a business is not its buildings, but its employees.
The best executives are the ones who have sense enough to pick good men to do what they want done.
The important thing in business is not where you've been, but where you're going.
The secret of success in business is to know something that nobody else knows.