False Concept

Sometimes a concept is baffling not because it is profound but because it is wrong. - E. O. Wilson


Just because someone said it does not make it true.

Superstition

When the mind has once begun to yield to the weakness of superstition, trifles impress it with the force of conviction. - Ann Radcliffe

Don't even start down the path of superstition.

Gossip?

You will never keep people from talking. But you can take actions to influence the content of what they say. - Seth Godin


Good or bad.

Graceful Understanding

Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind. - Francois de La Rochefoucauld


Beauty is graceful understanding.

Commander

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek. - Henry B. Adams


Presidents of the USA or of a business must have the same platform. Ascendancy; a plan; a goal.

High Sounding Words

We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. - Abigail Adams


Talk is cheap. Remember you get what you pay for.

Freedom From Bailouts

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes. - Mahatma Gandhi


Who knew that Gandhi was opposed to bailouts! What a capitalist!

Living

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present. - Lao Tzu


The tools we use to live may have changed but the way to live hasn't changed in the last few thousand years.

Successful Technology

For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. - Richard Feynman


Word of mouth is unaffected by PR. (Word of Mouse as well).

Candle Power

It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. - Eleanor Roosevelt


Make it a rule: He that curses the darkness has to provide the candle.

River of Tears

When someone hurts you; cry a river; build a bridge; and get over it! - Richard Middleton 


The sooner the better.

Change Needed?

The only people who can change the world are people who want to. And not everybody does - Hugh Macleod


Beware of those who want to change the world but cannot clearly define the root cause of the need.

Creative Play

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play. - John Cleese


To have creative workers you need creative children. Give your kids time to play without input; be it audio, video or parental.

Everything From Anywhere

If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; If you would know, and not be known, live in a city. - Charles Caleb Colton  (1780–1832)


The internet has changed everything.

Dealing With Anxiety

Accusing someone else of having what you consider a negative personality trait can help you feel less anxious about having that trait yourself. Life can be stressful at times, and people sometimes need to find ways to cope with anxiety. Some will turn to drugs or alcohol. Others might shop compulsively or gamble. Some, however, may turn to more subtle habits such as being critical of everyone else. - Michael J. Hurd

Find a non-destructive way of dealing with your anxiety.

Knowing the Future

The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them. - Denis Watley


Define your mission.

Sound Volume

What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say. - Ralph Waldo Emerson


Be sure your words match your actions.

Dinner Time?

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner - Samuel Johnson


Do you eat to live or live to eat?

Your Mission

Plans are great. But missions are better. Missions survive when plans fail, and plans almost always fail. - Seth Godin


Perhaps you should pay more attention to Mission Statements than to Business Plans.

Light Stuck In Dark

You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in. - Arlo Guthrie


Your troubles always look better if you have something worse to compare.

Change

We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. - Charles R. Swindoll


Change "we" to "I"; change "our" to "my".

Rank

Managers want authority. Leaders take responsibility. - Seth Godin


The difference between a Drill Sargent and a General.

The Worst Loneliness

The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself. - Mark Twain


You may not want to, and it may be difficult, but you can change yourself.

No Problem

If a problem has no solution, it may not be a problem, but a fact - not to be solved, but to be coped with over time. - Shimon Peres


O.K.

Honorable

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. - Aristotle


Strive to be honorable, not honored.

Vacations

Rest is valuable only so far as it is a contrast. Pursued as an end, it becomes a most pitiable condition. - David Swing


Think of this when planning for retirement.

His Choice

I'd rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph. - Ken Kesey


A flash rather than grounded in bedrock.