Alan Mulally Quotes

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Alan Mulally

Profession : Businessman

Birth : August 4, 1945

Whatever we do toward energy independence has to be done in the context of using less resources.

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With Sync technology, we're seamlessly connected to the Internet, hands-free, and able to focus on the road but also able to handle guidance and navigation and play your music.

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Everybody cares about not only quality and functionality, but they also want the power of choice, whether it's a small vehicle or a large vehicle.

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Think about just exceeding expectations of every job you're being asked to do. Continually ask for feedback on how it's going. Ask everybody involved what you can do to do an even better job, and the world will beat down your door trying to ask you to do more and more.

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If you're going to be world-class, you have to focus.

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Boeing is a United States icon.

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Transparency is so important in business.

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There is no reason that America can't compete in a global economy, and I love being one small proof point in that.

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A lot of people don't want to get bad news.

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The Chinese love Ford's product line: they love the quality, the fuel-efficiency, the safety, the brand.

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The reason I loved working at Boeing was because I loved the idea of air travel as a way of bringing people and cultures together - because when we come together as people and cultures, we realize that we are not that different after all, and when we realize that we are not that different after all, the world becomes a better place.

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If you have to improve your fuel efficiency every year, it leads to innovation.

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The most important thing that most countries around the world believe in is letting the markets determine the currency.

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I've been through geopolitical and economic cycles.

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Man, have I become a car guy!

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We don't worry over macro-economic factors when investing, as we are always thinking about the long-term.

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The most important thing is to simultaneously deal with reality - really the way it is, not the way you wished it could be or you hoped it could be - but also have a vision about where you want to go.

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I drive a different car every night.

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I've been very fortunate to be part of projects that are really big and broad.

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I sleep very well, although sometimes it's hard to go to sleep 'cos I'm so excited about the business performance review the following day.

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