A Management Secret
I think the secret about management is really to make sure that the people that you work with are not afraid to deliver bad news [to you]. —Fred Smith, founder and CEO of FedEx in an interview with MSNBC on 15 February 2012.
On Work
There are two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there. — Indira Gandhi
On Recognizing Opportunity
Most people miss opportunity because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. — Thomas A. Edison
On Procrastination
Procrastination is opportunity’s assassin. — Victor Kiam
On Discipline
The secret of discipline is motivation. When a man is sufficiently motivated, discipline will take care of itself. — Sir Alexander Paterson
Moments of Growth
In every department of life, [a sense of disappointment or anticlimax] marks the transition from dreaming aspiration to laborious doing. — C.S. Lewis, in The Screwtape Letters
On the Worship of God
This faith [Christianity] is not like a deed to a house in which one may live with full rights of possession. It is more like a kit of tools with which a man may build him a house. The tools will be worth just what he does with them. When he lays them down, they […]
A Swedish Proverb Says…
God gives every bird its worm, but He does not throw it into the nest.
On Self-Respect
If you resent having to work for a living, then you can’t possibly respect yourself, and if you can’t respect yourself, you can just forget about the people around you. — Montel Williams
Career Advice
Every job has its problems. A key consideration in choosing a career is determining what type of problems you enjoy solving. — Steve Elledge