Delegate
I work on the principle that you should never do something that others can do for you. attrubited to John D. Rockefeller – American oil magnate, sunday”s School teacher and world”s richest man at his time (1839-1937)
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Competition as a guide
It is one of the chief tasks of competition to show which plans are false. Friedrich August von Hayek – Austrian economist and social philosopher, Nobel Memorial Prize in economic sciences 1974 (1899-1992), from “Law, legislation and liberty: a new statement of the liberal principles of justice and political economy” (1973), Quotations book...
Help to improve performance
Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence. Sheryl Sandberg – American manager and philanthropist, COO of Facebook (b. 1969), about “Harvard Business School” in “Lean In for Graduates” (2014), Quotations book 2022
Communication
What is thought is not said. What is said is not heard. What is heard is not understood. What is understood is not believed. What is believed is not yet advocated. What is advocated is not yet acted on. What is acted on is not yet completed. scheme from communication research, falsely attributed to Konrad Lorenz – Austian zoologist and ethologist, Nobel Prize in Medicine 1973...
Understand
I do not seek to understand in order that I may believe, but rather, I believe in order that I may understand. Neque enim quaero intelligere ut credam, sed credo ut intelligam. Anselm of Canterbury – medieval Christian theologian, founder of scholastik (c. 1033-1109), from “Proslogion”, chapter I (1077/78), Quotations book...
Focus and simplicity
That’s been one of my mantras — focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. Steve Jobs – American company founder: Apple (1955-2011), in the interview “There’s Sanity Returning” with Andy Reinhardt from “BusinessWeek” (May 25, 1998), Quotations book...
Make it possible
Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done. Robert A. Heinlein – American engineer and science-fiction author (1907-1988), from “Between Planets”, chapter 2, “Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin” (1951)
Friendship
A friendship founded on business is a good deal better than a business founded on friendship. John D. Rockefeller – American oil magnate, sundays school teacher at at his time richest man of the world (1839-1937)
Competitive advantage knowledge
Knowledge has become the key economic resource and the dominant, if not the only, source of competitive advantage. Peter F. Drucker – Austrian-born American management expert (1909-2005), from “The Age of Social Transformation” (“The Atlantic Monthly”, November 1994), Quotations book 2022
Silence
Silence your tongue for your heart to speak; and silence your heart for God to speak. John of Dalyatha, known as John Saba (“the Elder”) or Yoḥannan – Syrian monk and mystic of the Church of the East (c. 690-780)
Free people
Free people make mistakes and willingly take risks. If we hold politicians responsible for everything that goes wrong, they will take away our liberty so that nothing can go wrong. They will do this not for our protection against risk, but for their own protection against criticism. Jonathan Philip Chadwick Sumption, Lord Sumption – British author, medieval historian and judge, 2012-2018...
Stay tuned
Our competitors copied us and tried to kill us, but that was good: we had to keep inventing new things. Gérard Mulliez – French family entrepreneur, o.a. Auchan, Boulanger, Decathlon, Leroy Merlin, Orsay (b. 1931), Quotations Book 2022
Practice makes perfect
What hurts more, the pain of hard work or the pain of regret? slogan of the Boston Celtics – American basketball team
Learn from mistakes
Our failures are often more successful than our successes. attributed to Henry Ford – American engineer and industrialist (1863-1947), Quotations book 2022
Courage to wisdom
Dare to be wise! Begin! He who postpones the hour for living aright is a bumpkin waiting for the river to stop. Sapere aude, incipe. Vivendi qui recte prorogat horam, rusticus expectat dum defluat amnis. Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horaz) – Roman writer (65-8 B.C.), from “Epistularum liber primus” (c. 20 B.C.)
Hard work
Hard work beats talent when talent doesn”t work hard. sports-wisdom, attributed to Tim Notke – American High School basketball coach, quoted by Kevin Durant (American basket ball player: “Brooklyn Nets”, born 1988) and Timothy “Tim” Tebow (American baseball and football player, born 1987), Quotations book 2022
Company founders
Large innovative global businesses like Facebook, Google, Apple, Oracle and Microsoft all have one thing in common in their most successful periods. The founder and the visionary leader is still the CEO and remains an innovative force. Steven G. Blank – American entrepreneur (b. 1953), from “Start with a Blank page”, an interview with Stein Arne Nistad in “Reflections”...
Kick-off
When the going gets tough, the tough get going. John Thomas – American football coach: “Green Hornets”, quoted by Joe Scherrer in “Thomas Won’t Let Hornets Scrimmage”, in “The Corpus Christi Times” (September 15th, 1953), Quotations book 2022
Only those who let go have two hands free
We cannot plant seeds with closed fists. Adolfo Pérez Esquivel – Argentine activist, writer and sculptor, Nobel Peace Prize 1980 (b. 1931), from his acceptance speech on the occasion of the award of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo (10.12.1980), Quotations book 2022 Nadie puede sembrar con los puños cerrados. Adolfo Pérez Esquivel – activista, escritor y escultor argentino, Premio Nobel de...