Tag: quotes
Dilbert’s Words of Wisdom
I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow’s not looking good either. I love deadlines. I especially love the swooshing sound they make as they go flying by. Tell me what you need, and I’ll tell you how to get along without it. Accept that some days you’re the…
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Peter Drucker on Leadership
I quite like Peter Drucker’s definition of a leader: “The only definition of a leader is someone who has followers.” More on this can be seen here: drucker.institute along with the thoughts about, “Leadership has nothing to do with titles.”
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Winnie the Pooh: my favourite quotes
Pooh to Piglet, “Nobody can be un-cheered with a balloon.” Piglet to Pooh, “Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them.” Pooh, “It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult words, but rather short, easy words like, ‘What about lunch?’” And more great Winnie the Pooh quotes: “Rivers…
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New Year’s resolutions
I have never made a New Year’s resolution. Well, not one at a midnight on the last day of the year after a few drinks. Generally, if I have an ambition, it is best if I get on with it rather than wait for a winter’s night to get started. As is the way at…
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Harry Gordon Selfridge said what?
The TV series Mr Selfridge is proving quite popular. Here are some of the great quotes from the real Harry Gordon Selfridge: Harry Selfridge: Life and Legacy Harry Gordon Selfridge, born in 1858 in Wisconsin, started life with humble beginnings and only modest prospects. After working from a young age to support his single mother,…
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