Innovation
Innovation distinguishes a leader from a follower. Steve Jobs – American company founder: Apple (1955-2011), as quoted in "Steve Jobs, the Journey Is the Reward" (1988)
Work/Profession
Working
No work is worse than overwork. Samuel Smiles - Scottish author and government reformer (1812-1904), from "Character" (1871)
Civility code
1. We will greet and acknowledge each other. 2. We will say please and thank you. 3. We will treat each other equally and with respect. 4. We will be direct, sensitive and honest. 5. We will address incivility whenever it occurs. William "Bill" Hybels – American Evangelical minister, founding and former senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church (b. 1951), in his notes to the "Global...
Labour
The labour we delight in physics pain. William Shakespeare – English writer (1564-1616), in "Macbeth" 2nd act, scene 2 "Macbeth" (1623)
Three rules for a career
1) Don't sell anything you wouldn't buy yourself; 2) Don't work for anyone you don't respect and admire; 3) Work only with people you enjoy. Charlie Munger - Vice Chairman Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023)
Customer satisfaction
If there’s one reason we have done better than all of our peers in the Internet space over the last six years, it is because we have focused like a laser on customer experience. Jeffrey P. "Jeff" Bezos - American company founder: Amazon (b. 1964)
Simple
Simplicity has a way of improving performance. Charlie Munger - Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (1924-2023), Quotations book 2020
Passion
Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress. Working hard for something we love is called passion. Simon O. Sinek – American author, speaker and optimist (b. 1973), from a "Twitter" message on 28th February 2012 (since 2023 "X"), printed in "Together is Better: A Little Book of Inspiration" (p. 105, 2016) see...
Work-Life-Balance
You know your life is boring when you only wear work clothes and pyjamas. Jan-David Golze - German Real Estate Enthusiast, Schwarz Group
Artists
Artists are apostles of beauty. Pope Francis - born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, since 2013 Holy Father (b. 1936), in an interview with Wim Wenders in his film "Pope Francis: A Man of His Word" (2018)
Understand, not just tolerate
I am not asking you to merely tolerate each other. Tolerance is for cowards. Being tolerant requires nothing of you, but to be quiet and not make waves, holding tightly to your views and judgments without being challenged. Do not merely tolerate each other. Work hard! Move into uncomfortable territory and seek to understand each other. Randall L. Stephenson Jr. – American telecommunications...
Input
The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does. Napoleon Hill - American writer: "Think And Grow Rich" (1883-1970), Quotations book 2019
Trainer
A coach is someone who can give correction without causing resentment. John Wooden - American basketball player and coach (1910-2010), Quotations book 2019 see more at CoachWooden.com
Attitude and skills
Hire for attitude, train for skills. Herbert D. "Herb" Kelleher - American entrepreneur, co-founder of Southwest Airlines (1931-2019), Quotations book 2019
Extraordinary
The purpose of an organization is to enable ordinary people to do extraordinary things. No organization can depend on genius; the supply is always scarce and always unpredictable. It is the test of an organization to make ordinary people perform better than they seem capable of, to bring out whatever strength there is in its members, and to use each person’s strength to help all the other...
Loyalty
Customers will never love a company until the employees love it first. Simon O. Sinek - American author, speaker and optimist (b. 1973), from "Leaders Eat Last Deluxe: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don"t" (2014), Quotations book 2019 see Startwithwhy.com
Sacred or secular
It is not what a man does that determines whether his work is sacred or secular, it is why he does it. Aiden Wilson Tozer - American evangelical pastor and author (1897-1963), from "The Pursuit of God", chapter 10 (1948)
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
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
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)