Go where the action is
A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world. John le Carré – born David John Moore Cornwell, British author (1931-2020), Quotations book 2018
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Check
I check every offer. It could be the offer of my life. attributed to Henry Ford – American engineer and industrialist (1863-1947), Quotations book 2018
Build people
You don’t build a business – you build people – and then people build your business. Zig Ziglar – American author, motivational speaker and entrepreneur (1926-2012), Quotations book 2018
Rowing
He who waits gets a tailwind, and he who rows, a harbour. Hann fær byr, ið bíðar, og havn, ið rør. Faroese proverb – Quotations book 2018
New address
Someday you will read or hear that Billy Graham is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it! I shall be more alive than I am now. I will just have changed my address. I will have gone into the presence of God. Billy Graham – born William Franklin Graham jr., American evangelist (1918-2018), from “Billy Graham: God’s Ambassador” (1999), Quotations book...
Learning from the world
What the pupil must learn, if he learns anything at all, is that the world will do most of the work for you, provided you cooperate with it by identifying how it really works and aligning with those realities. If we do not let the world teach us, it teaches us a lesson. attributed to Joseph Tussman – American philosopher and educator (1914-2005)
Leisure
The art of relaxing is part of the art of working. attributed to John Ernst Steinbeck – American writer, Nobel Prize in Literature 1962 (1902-1968), Quotations book 2018
Dreams and actions
Let your dreams be bigger than your fears and your actions speak louder than your words. wisdom – Quotations book 2019
Reading as key
Someone who understands how to read, possesses the key to great deeds, to undreamed possibilities. attributed to Aldous Leonard Huxley – British writer (1894-1963)
Limits of wishful thinking
Wishful thinking can dominate much of the work of a profession for a decade, but not indefinitely. Prof. Robert J. Shiller – American economist, Nobel Memorial Prize in economic sciences 2013 (b. 1946), in “From Efficient Market Theory to Behavioral Finance” (2002)
Security
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. Helen Keller – American deaf-blind writer (1880-1968), from “The Open Door” (1957), Quotations book 2018
Want or excuse
If you really want something you will find a way. If you don”t you will find an excuse. Arabic proverb – Quotations book 2018
Love
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace. attributed to Jimi Hendrix – born James Marshall Hendrix, American guitarrist, composer and singer (1942-1970), Quotations book 2018
Position
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. Martin Luther King jr. – American civil rights activist and pastor, Nobel Peace Prize 1964 (1929-1968), in his essay “On Being a Good Neighbor” (1963), Quotations book 2018
Best executive
The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. Thaddeaus Hammond – American banker and former farmer, president of the Farmers” National Bank and the Rotary Club Overton, from J. R. Sprague”s “Big Business-itis”, in “The Rotarian”...
Stay ahead
To stay ahead, always have your next idea waiting in the wings. Prof. Rosabeth Moss Kanter – American sociologist at Harvard Business School (b.1943)
Time management
The people who acknowledge that they have a limited amount of time and live with a sense of urgency have the best chances of living to their full potential. Dr. W. Stanley Beecham – American psychologist, author and business consultant (b. 1961), from “Elite Minds: How Winners Think Differently to Create a Competitive Edge and Maximize Success”...
The right man at the right time
If you accept my thesis that many aging tech companies resemble the Walking Dead, you should also accept the follow-up proposition that what these companies need are not “visionary” CEOs but pragmatic ones, less Steve the visionary, and more Larry the Liquidator, a person with limited ambitions and a readiness to preside over the dismantling of an enterprise. Prof. Aswath...
Building companies
The builders of visionary companies tend to be clock builders, not time tellers. They concentrate primarily on building an organization – building a ticking clock – rather than on hitting a market just right with a visionary product idea. James C. “Jim” Collins – American business consultant, author and academic (b. 1958), in “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary...
Act
Predicting rain doesn”t count. Building arks does. Warren Buffett – American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), in his letter to Berkshire Shareholders (2001), Quotations book 2018