I probably shouldn’t be quoting this, but here you go :-) Consultants have credibility because they are not dumb enough to work at your company. — Scott Adams
Yearly Archives: 2008
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It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and […]
If you haven’t visited the library since you were in college, you have no idea what you’re missing. Here are some things I’ve done at the library in the past six months: downloaded data from ReferenceUSA with contact information for 500+ potential qualified clients for one of my clients (criteria: […]
Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care. — unknown author? I saw this attributed to Teddy Roosevelt but that strikes me as so odd that I won’t repeat the credit. But I will at least repeat the phrase, which makes a lot of sense. […]
How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you were? — Satchel Paige It may seem strange, but Paige’s quote made me think of zero-based budgeting: creating each year’s budget from scratch instead of making incremental changes to last year’s budget. More importantly, it reminds me to […]
If you ever need a piece of replacement china, silverware, or crystalware, click your way to Replacements, Ltd. in Greensboro NC. Somewhere in their collection of 12 million pieces, they have what you’re looking for. Founder Bob Page started his business part-time in the 70s, scrounging up interesting pieces from […]
We must have the courage to bet on our ideas, to take the calculated risk, and to act. Everyday living requires courage if life is to be effective and bring happiness. — Maxwell Maltz