My father always used
to say that when you die,
if you've got five real friends,
then you've had a great life.

My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.

Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss.

In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits.

I guess that's one achievement I'm really proud of. Saving Chrysler was more than jobs, more than shareholder value. Saving Chrysler was a good idea for the whole country.

A guy named Charlie Beacham was my first mentor at Ford. He taught me the importance of the dealers, and he rubbed my nose in the retail business.