If I don’t practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it. — Jascha Heifetz, quoted in Forbes Magazine‘s Thoughts on the Business of Life
Yearly Archives: 2007
56 posts
You can work a 8-hour shift without spirit, but it ain’t half worth much, you know? — poet Barbara Presnell
Excerpt from: An Unordered List of Thoughts I Had During a Conference Call with a Potential Client Today: – There’s no way in hell this is going to be under thirty minutes. Why are you lying to me? It’s not possible. You know it’s not possible. You are a liar, […]
“We’re more than a business — we’re a family””I like to think of us as a family, not just a business” I hear statements like this far too often. At best, they’re spoken by small business owners whose employees all feel a strong personal connection with each other. At worst, […]
“I’ve never spent five minutes trying to keep my job, but I’ve spent every waking minute trying to do my job.” — US Women’s Soccer Coach Greg Ryan, on rumors he might get fired after a controversial choice to pick starting goalkeeper Brianna Scurry instead of Hope Solo for what […]
This from an academic friend who studies Japanese culture: “In management circles, it’s said that if you give an identical problem to a Japanese person and a Chinese person, the Chinese person will be faster at figuring out a solution. However, if you give an identical problem to a Japanese […]
Rush jobs with Rush-job pricing: good for business. Rushed jobs with rushed job-pricing: very very bad for business.