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Words to inspire ... |
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Luke 12:48 |
From everyone who has been given much, much will
be demanded. |
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Benjamin Franklin |
An investment in knowledge always pays the best
interest. |
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Steve Jobs |
Be a yardstick of quality. Some people
aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected. |
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Kerrie Hoffman, CIO, Johnson & Johnson's Global Supply Chain |
The day-to-day job of a CIO
doesn’t really require you to spend time doing customer and
market visits, but it SHOULD require it. |
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Russ Ebeid, President of Guardian Industries, Corp. Glass Group |
(The future) ...will require a redefinition
of strategy to one of making the most of an opportunity rather
than one of increasing market share or size. To reap a
disproportionate share of potential profits, business must have
a more diverse set of competencies. For those who say “that’s
the way it is” will never have a future because what got you
here will not get you there. Since
people change when they have to, their minds, like parachutes,
only work when they are open. For this reason, management’s
attention must be expanded from day-to-day operations to a
different course of direction. Decisive managers should not be
buried in policies and procedures that hinder them from using
their creative talents to address an opportunity |
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Dee Hock, former CEO of VISA |
Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex,
intelligent behavior. Complex rules and regulations give
rise to simple, stupid behavior. |
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Unknown |
A short pencil is more powerful than a long
memory.
Strong conviction precedes great actions.
If you don't know where you are going, any road will do.
If you don't have time to do the job right, when will you find
the time to do it over?
In every complex function, there are three simple ones waiting
to get out.
Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.
To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to
be ridiculous.
If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody is not thinking. |
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A Message by George Carlin |
The paradox of our time in history is that we
have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways, but
narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more,
but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more
conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less
sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more
problems, more medicine, but less wellness.
We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh
too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get
up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too
seldom. We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our
values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.
We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added
years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the
moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a
new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space.
We've done larger things, but not better things.
We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered
the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less.
We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but
not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information,
to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and
less.
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men
and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships.
These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier
houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips,
disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands,
overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to
quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom
window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can
bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either
to share this insight, or to just hit delete.
Remember, spend some time with your loved ones, because they are
not
going to be around forever. Remember, say a kind word to someone
who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon
will grow up and leave your side.
Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because
that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it
doesn't cost a cent.
Remember, to say, "I love you" to your partner and your loved
ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend
hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.
Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that
person will not be there again.
Give time to love, give time to speak,! and give time to share
the precious thoughts in your mind.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by
the
moments that take our breath away. |
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Philosophy 101 - Florian Seiffert |
A philosophy professor stood before his class
and had some items in front of him. When the class began,
wordlessly he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar
and proceeded to fill it with rocks about 2'' in diameter.
He then asked the students if the jar was full? They agreed that
it was. So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and
poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles,
of course, rolled into the open areas between the rocks.
He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They
agreed it was. The professor picked up a box of sand and poured
it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else.
He then asked once more if the jar was full. The students
responded with an unanimous - yes. The professor then produced
two cans of beer from under the table and proceeded to pour
their ! entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the
empty space between the sand. The students laughed.
''Now,'' said the professor, as the laughter subsided, ''I want
you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The rocks
are the important things - your family, your partner, your
health, your children - things that if everything else was lost
and only they remained, your life would still be full. The
pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your
house, your car. The sand is everything else - the small
stuff.''
''If you put the sand into the jar first,'' he continued, there
is no room for the pebbles or the rocks. The same goes for your
life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff,
you will never have room for the things that are important to
you.
Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.
Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take
your partner out dancing. There will always be time to go to
work , give a dinner party and fix the disposal. ''Take care of
the rocks first - the things that really matter. Set your
priorities. The rest is just sand.''
One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the beer
represented. The professor smiled. ''I'm glad you asked. It just
goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem,
there's always room for a couple of beers.'' |
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