Wise Words – My Favorites
I had the blues because I had no shoes, until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet
Harold Abbott
The 60 Second PhD in Leadership.
1. Make a list of all things done to you that you abhorred.
2. DON’T DO THEM TO OTHERS. EVER.
3. Make another list of things done to you that you loved.
4. DO THEM TO OTHERS. ALWAYS.
And you thought leadership was complicated.
Dee Hock, founder of Visa
Decide before the race the conditions that will cause you to stop and drop out. You don’t want to be out there saying, “Well gee, my leg hurts, I’m a little dehydrated, I’m sleepy, I’m tired, and it’s cold and windy.” And talk yourself into quitting. If you are a making a decision, based on how you feel at that moment, you will probably make the wrong decisioin. – Dick Collins (ultra marathoner) from the book The Dip by Seth Godin
Strategic quitting is a conscious decision you make based on the choices that are available to you. If you realize you’re at a dead end compared with what you could be investing in, quitting is not only a reasonable choice, it’s a smart one – Seth Godin (The Dip)
Persistent people are able to visualize the idea of light at the end of the tunnel when other can’t see it. At the same time, the smartest people are realistic about not imagining light when there isn’t any.
Seth Godin (The Dip)
Selling is about transference of emotion, not a presentation of facts.
Seth Godin (The Dip)
Usurious rates of return are deceitful sirens that sing but lure the unwary upon the rocks of loss and remorse
Georges Clason (The Richest Man in Babylon )
Will power is but the un-flinching purpose to carry a task you set for yourself to fulfillment. If I set for myself a task, be it ever so trifling, I shell see it through.
- Georges Clason (The Richest Man in Babylon )
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift, that is why it is called “the present”.
- Master Oogway (Kung Fu Panda)
1.Start thy purse to fattening
2.Control thy expenditures
3.Make thy gold multiply
4.Guard thy treasures from loss
5.Make of thy dwelling a profitable investment
6.Insure a future income
7.Increase thy ability to earn The Richest Man in Babylon
- Georges Clason (The Richest Man in Babylon )
Oppertunity is a haughty goddess who wastes no time with those who are unprepared
- Georges Clason (The Richest Man in Babylon )
One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it
- Master Oogway (Kung Fu Panda)
Your mind is like this water my friend, if it is agitated it becomes difficult to see, but if you allow it to settle the answer becomes clear
- Master Oogway (Kung Fu Panda)
