Thursday, June 14, 2007

Gems, Pearls and Nuggets... (43)

<  The occasional note from me. A lot of new people have joined this irregular list over the 43 editions but I always want to know if you want off.  We all have enough clutter so I wont be offended, just let me know.  John  >

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Gems, Pearls and Nuggets... ----------.

“Forecasting is difficult especially when it concerns the future” - Anon

“Leadership has to do with direction. Management has to do with the speed, coordination and logistics in going in that direction. The WORKERS are chopping their way through the jungle. The MANAGERS are coordinating, making sure the tools are sharp, etc. The LEADERS climb a tree and shout Wrong jungle!! The MANAGERS shout back Be quiet! We're making progress!” - Anon

“An instinct for staging, a strong visual imagination, an innate musicality. A critical facility, a background in business history, and an ability to take the heat, ride the lows and keep a level head around praise and criticism.” - Michael Bloom from Thinking Like a Film Director

“Before enlightenment, chop wood - carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood - carry water.” - Zen Saying

“If you really want something, the world will conspire to help you.” - Iftekhar Enayetullah. Co-Founder, Waste Concern

“Environment, social, and governance issues are now commanding dramatically more attention.” - Abby Joseph Cohen, Chief U.S. Investment Strategist, Goldman Sachs

“If you're not confused - you don't know what's going on!” - George Carlin

“Ownership has always been a symbol of affluence in the west, but beyond a certain point less becomes more and the affluent want to go beyond the material. They begin to look for other things.” - Anon

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” - Howard Thurman

“The inevitable end of multiple chiefs is that they fade and disappear for lack of unity” -Napoleon Bonaparte




John Caswell
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“If I'd written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people - including me - would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism...” - Hunter S. Thompson

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