This document provides lessons and quotes from 12 famous business masters including Warren Buffett, Walt Disney, Oprah Winfrey, Jack Welch, Richard Branson, Bill Gates, John D. Rockefeller, Steve Jobs, Michael Dell, Donald Trump, Ayn Rand, and the 1000Club philosophy. The lessons focus on building a strong reputation, overcoming adversity, listening to customers, empowering employees, seizing opportunities, giving people the right tools, good management, thinking ahead of customers, listening to customer needs, thinking big, not letting others stop you, and exceeding expectations.

1. 12 Lessons from Famous
“Business Masters”

2. Warren Buffet
“It takes 20 years to build a
reputation and five minutes to ruin
it. If you think about that, you'll do
things differently.”

3. Walt Disney
“All the adversity I've had in my life, all
my troubles and obstacles, have
strengthened me... You may not
realize it when it happens, but a kick
in the teeth may be the best thing in
the world for you.”

4. Oprah Winfrey
“Before you agree to do anything that
might add even the smallest amount of
stress to your life, ask yourself: What
is my truest intention? Give yourself
time to let a yes resound within you.
When it's right, I guarantee that
your entire body will feel it.”

5. Jack Welch
“If you pick the right people and give
them the opportunity to spread their
wings and put compensation as a
carrier behind it you almost don't
have to manage them.”

6. Richard Branson
“Business opportunities are like
buses, there's always another
one coming.”

7. Bill Gates
“If you give people tools, [and they
use] their natural ability and their
curiosity, they will develop things in
ways that will surprise you very
much beyond what you might have
expected.”

8. John D. Rockefeller
“Good management consists in
showing average people how to
do the work of superior people.”

9. Steve Jobs
“You can't just ask customers what
they want and then try to give that
to them. By the time you get it
built, they'll want something new.”

10. Michael Dell
“It's customers that made Dell great in
the first place, and if we're smart
enough and quick enough to listen
to customer needs, we'll succeed.”

11. Donald Trump
“I like thinking big. If you're going
to be thinking anything, you
might as well think big.”

12. Ayn Rand
“The question isn't who is going to let
me; it's who is going to stop me.”

13. 1000Club philosophy bonus
“Always ask yourself more than what
people usually expect from you.”