djete: 2017

A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention. Herbert A. Simon

In the business world everything is paid in two coins; cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash will come later. Harold Geneen.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist see the opportunity in every difficulty. Winston Churchill

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way. Christopher Morley.

The function of leadership is to produce more leaders; not more followers. Ralph Nader.

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. Vince Lombard.

A man must be big enough to admit to his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them. John C. Maxwell.

Leadership is the potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy. Norman Schwarzkopf

One of the tests of leadership is to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency. Arnold H. Glasow.

Business is a combination of war and sport. Andre Maurois.

You only have to do very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong. Warren Buffett.

Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most. Abraham Lincoln.

You have to learn the rules of the game, then you have to play better than anyone else. Albert Einstein.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Mahatma Gandhi.

Great minds discuss ideas, Average minds discuss events, Small minds discuss people. Eleanor Roosevelt.

People take different roads in seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they are not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost. Dalai Lama

Mindful Speaking: the three gates of speech

At the first gate, ask yourself, ‘Is it true?
At the second gate, ask yourself, ‘Is it necessary?
At the third gate, ask yourself ‘Is it kind?
– Sufi saying –

A world a person perceives is filtered by their own fantasy and paranoia. Satoshi Kon