Archives for the 'Quotes' Category
A week (and more) on Tumblr [7Breaths]
Ask yourself, “Am I achieving a task and forgetting my organization’s mission? Am I making money to support my family — and forgetting the family that I am trying to support? http://www.marshallgoldsmithlibrary.com/blog/2008/06/03/mission-or-goal/
The next time you hear yourself say, “I’m just no good at …†ask yourself why not. The next time you’re coaching someone, and [...]
Sad but True Quote pertains to Productivity @ Home Sometimes [Productivity @ Home]
I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of
spending a lot of time trying to remember what it is I wrote down, I
spend the time looking for the paper I wrote it down on.
Beryl Pfizer
Original post here: Lisa M. Hendey
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Writing for yourself is a powerful search mechanism: there’s no better way to find out who you are and what you know and what you think.
–William Zinsser, On Writing Well
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A week on Tumblr - more things to think about [7Breaths]
“No shortcuts exist to achieving greatness; it just takes strenuous hours of putting in your time to become better at what you do. http://learn.trizle.com/posts/1040-how-do-you-treat-talent
People work better when they are working to a system. People feel more confident when they are working to a proven system. People need systems. http://www.gaviningham.com/2008/04/16/the-sales-apprentice-2008-sales-training-tips-from-the-hit-tv-show-part-iv/
“Be who you are and say what [...]
Inspirational Quotes: 20th Apr 2008 [Organize IT]
Inspirational quotes for 20th April 2008
Henry Ford: “Unless you have courage, a courage that keeps you going, always going, no matter what happens, there is no certainty of success. It is really an endurance race.”
Les Brown: “Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner.”
Al Lopez: [...]
Quotes Of The Week 22nd Mar 2008 [Organize IT]
Quotes of the week for 22nd March 2008
Grace Lichtenstein: “Your opponent, in the end, is never really the player on the other side of the net, or the swimmer in the next lane, or the team on the other side of the field, or even the bar you must high-jump. Your opponent is yourself, your [...]
Quotes Of The Week 23rd Feb 2008 [Organize IT]
Because I just got DVD set of the show, here is a Scrubs special:
Sean: “You know Freud said that 90% of all human behavior is motivated by sexual impulses. Give me some credit, I would say at least 30% of my behavior is motivated by advertising and the rest by violence in film.”
Turk: “This is [...]
bird by bird: give and give and give and give [Creativityist]
More words from Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird:
You are going to have to give and give and give and give, or there’s no reason for you to be writing. You have to give from the deepest part of yourself, and you are going to have to go on giving, and the giving is going to [...]
Quotes Of The Week 09th Feb 2008 [Organize IT]
Following on from my look at influences, here is a House special:
“The great thing about telling somebody they’re dying is it tends to focus their priorities. You find out what matters to them. What they’re willing to die for. What they’re willing to lie for.”
Cuddy: “Dr. House! Need you here.”
House: “No thanks. [...]
Super Saturday Quotes 12th Jan 2008 [Organize IT]
Super Saturday Quotes for 12th January 2008
False Gods: “We all make mistakes, lad. We need to appreciate them for what they are - lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it’s a fatal mistake of course, but at least someone else can learn from that.”
Rainer Maria Rilke: “There are no classes in [...]