Quote of the week

"The faster killer of business is speed" Keith Cunningham.

Each week I send out a Quote of the Week to my friends, clients and colleagues. It's a collection of inspirational and motivational quotes I come across in my travels and learnings. Click here to join the list. We should probably get an rss going or something. Wouldn't that be 'neat!'.

 

The Rear Vision Mirror

"No such word as impossible, no such reality as failure." Napolean Hill.

"there are only two parts to a business - marketing and innovation" Tom Peters

"the spirit of service is genuine, or its nothing" Jordan Wirsz

"Try not, young Skywalker. DO or DO NOT... there is no try".
- Yoda

Listening is wanting to hear, not waiting to speak.
- unknown

Come quickly, I am tasting the stars!
Dom Perignon, the moment he discovered Champagne

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed 
by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. 
So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. 
Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. 
- Mark Twain

Any airplane is off track much of the time, but just keeps coming back to the flight path. Eventually it arrives at its destination. The key is to have the "End in Mind". ~ Stephen R. Covey

That which we persist in doing becomes easier - not that the nature of the task has changed, but our ability to do has increased. Emerson

In anything at all, perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away.
—Antoine de Saint-Exupery

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
-- Lao Tzu

Trust is the highest form of human motivation. ~ Stephen R. Covey

I had the Gallardo for 24 hours. I slept for two. The man at Lamborghini said to be careful not to scratch the wheels when parking. I replied: "I won't be parking it." Joshua Dowling

A turtle may live for over a hundred years because it is well protected by its hard shell. But it can only move forward when it sticks its head out.

You're no bigger than the things that annoy you. Jerry Bundsen.

People don’t want to be millionaires. They want to experience what they believe only millions can buy. Timothy Ferris.

The difference between a warrior and an ordinary man is that a warrior sees everything as a challenge, whereas the ordinary man sees everything as a blessing or a curse. Don Juan, Carlos Castenadas A Separate Peace.

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at if for hours. Jerome. K. Jerome. (sent)

People don’t want to be millionaires. They want to experience what they believe only millions can buy.

Customers don't buy products, they buy expectations. "In the factory Revlon manufactures cosmetics, but in the store Revlon sells hope". Charles Revson, founder of Revlon. (sent)

the customer comes second........ if you look after your staff like [they are] your family.......they look after your customers. Tony Cook, Clarence Street Cyclery

Your arrows do not carry,' observed the master, 'because they do not reach far enough spiritually'
Eugen Herrigel, Zen and the Art of Archery.

Never wish your life was easier, wish that you were better. quoted by Brad Sugars.

No such word as impossible, no such reality as failure. Napolean Hill.

The hardest part of working out is getting to the gym

A set back is a set up for a come back. Willie Jolie

If children gave up trying to walk after they first fell, we’d still be on all fours. They dont know the meaning of failure until we teach them!


Effectiveness is largely a matter of attitude.
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. Henry Ford - then came the assembly line.

A courageous man dies once, a coward dies a thousand times.

The squeaky gate gets oiled first.

You can't manage what you don't measure.

The road called 'some day' leads to a town called 'nowhere' (sent)