Literary Litter - (48)
“Economics is a science with excellent tools for gaining answers but a serious shortage of interesting questions...." - Steven Levitt, Economist
“Before you can be creative, you must be courageous.” - Joey Reiman, CEO, BrightHouse
“If you get your facts wrong, your map will be wrong. If you get the map wrong, you're likely to do the wrong thing.” - Peter Schwartz
“Scenarios transform information into perceptions... It is a creative experience that generates an 'Aha!' ... and leads to strategic insights beyond the mind's previous reach.” - Pierre Wack
“The illiterate of the twenty-first century will not be those who cannot read or write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn." - Alvin Toffler
“The concept of progress acts as protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future.” - Frank Herbert
“Anybody can jump a motorcycle. The trouble begins when you try to land it."- Evel Knievel
"Live up to your potential instead of imitating someone else's." - Martha Burgess
“True faith is when you believe in a vision and are willing to follow an imperfect person and to tolerate imperfect execution and imperfect results.” - Michael Saylor, CEO, MicroStrategy Inc.
“Companies that make the change from good to great have no name for their transformation - and absolutely no program.” - Jim Collins, Author, "Good to Great"
And finally, it’s worth it one more time...
“I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realise what you heard is not what I meant....” - Alan Greenspan
John Caswell I Group Partners I http://www.grouppartnerswiki.net | SKYPE John Caswell | Weblog http://johncaswell.typepad.com/my_weblog/
“The language of Nelson Mandela's tribe, Xhosa, has a word that perfectly sums up the truth of life: Ubuntu. In English, it translates as "I am because you are."
P please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to
“Before you can be creative, you must be courageous.” - Joey Reiman, CEO, BrightHouse
“If you get your facts wrong, your map will be wrong. If you get the map wrong, you're likely to do the wrong thing.” - Peter Schwartz
“Scenarios transform information into perceptions... It is a creative experience that generates an 'Aha!' ... and leads to strategic insights beyond the mind's previous reach.” - Pierre Wack
“The illiterate of the twenty-first century will not be those who cannot read or write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn." - Alvin Toffler
“The concept of progress acts as protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future.” - Frank Herbert
“Anybody can jump a motorcycle. The trouble begins when you try to land it."- Evel Knievel
"Live up to your potential instead of imitating someone else's." - Martha Burgess
“True faith is when you believe in a vision and are willing to follow an imperfect person and to tolerate imperfect execution and imperfect results.” - Michael Saylor, CEO, MicroStrategy Inc.
“Companies that make the change from good to great have no name for their transformation - and absolutely no program.” - Jim Collins, Author, "Good to Great"
And finally, it’s worth it one more time...
“I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realise what you heard is not what I meant....” - Alan Greenspan
John Caswell I Group Partners I http://www.grouppartnerswiki.net | SKYPE John Caswell | Weblog http://johncaswell.typepad.com/my_weblog/
“The language of Nelson Mandela's tribe, Xhosa, has a word that perfectly sums up the truth of life: Ubuntu. In English, it translates as "I am because you are."
P please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to
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