1. A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. 2. Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. 3. I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. 4. The … Continue reading “Top 10 Quotes from Albert Einstein”
Read MoreBoldwords has a great post listing the top 100 Motivational Quotes. Great quotes to get you started for the coming New Year! Some good ones: Vision without action is daydream. Action without vision is nightmare. – Japanese Proverb Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than … Continue reading “Top 100 Motivational Quotes”
Read More“People who don’t take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year.” – Peter F. Drucker Commentary: Taking risks is part of business. If you’re not taking risks than you probably aren’t accomplishing much. This quote from the Legendary Peter F. … Continue reading “Business Quote of the Week – 11/26/2007”
Read More“Optimism is a force multiplier.” – Colin Powell Commentary: When you have an optimistic viewpoint, you tend to filter out the negatives that would otherwise cause you not to pursue a goal in the first place. In addition, optimism lessens the sting of failure by saying “that didn’t work – let’s try something else” instead … Continue reading “Business Quote of the Week – 11/5/2007”
Read More“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” – Albert Einstein Commentary: There is something to be said about sustained thinking and obsessing over a problem. Einstein spent years thinking about some of his theories and problems. Others usually give up after their problems seem insurmountable. I don’t think … Continue reading “Business Quote of the Week – 10/1/2007”
Read More“There is no correlation at all between success and hours worked.” – Seth Godin Commentary: A common theme among business and personal development information is that a focus on hard work only will only make you a hard worker, not necessarily successful. There are billions of hard workers in the world – 3rd world farmers, … Continue reading “Business Quote of the Week – Seth Godin”
Read More“Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex and intelligent behavior. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple and stupid behavior.” – Dee Hock, CEO Emeritus VISA International Commentary: Complex rules and regulations are most apparent in government and you’ve seen first hand how efficiently government is run at your local DMV. On … Continue reading “Business Quote of the Week – Dee Hock”
Read More“Life is really simple as far as I’m concerned. There is no luck, you work hard and study things intently. If you do that for long and hard enough you’re successful.” – Jason Calacanis Commentary: Jason Calacanis basically started from nowhere, to starting an obscure tech magazine in New York City, to starting Weblogs, Inc. … Continue reading “Business Quote of the Week – Jason Calacanis”
Read More“Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill Commentary: A constant theme on this blog is that taking risks and failing are a natural part of running a small business and are, in fact, necessary, if you want to make any real progress. The same applies to life … Continue reading “Business Quote of the Week – Winston Churchill”
Read More“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” – Abraham Lincoln Commentary: So many people simply jump into something without any kind of plan of attack. Literally billions of man-hours are wasted every year by those who simply do the same thing over and … Continue reading “Business Quote of the Week – Abraham Lincoln”
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