A little neglect may breed mischief:
for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost;
and for want of a horse the rider was lost.
Benjamin Franklin
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My grandfather was a harness maker.
He started making products to please a horse not a human. It was all about
movement. If the horse moved well, the rider was happy.
Jean-Louis Dumas-Hermes |
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Lincoln did not have a web site
at the log cabin where his parents home-schooled him, and he turned out
pretty interesting. Historical precedent shows that we can turn out amazing
human beings without technology. Precedent also shows that we can turn out
very uninteresting human beings with technology.
Steve Jobs |
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I went to the store the other day
to buy a bolt for our front door, for as I told the storekeeper, the governor
was coming here. “Aye,” said he, “and the Legislature too.” “Then I will
take two bolts,” said I. He said that there had been a steady demand for
bolts and locks of late, for our protectors were coming.
Henry David Thoreau |
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Monuments are a hoax!
A conspiracy designed by bureaucrats and construction companies to draw
you away from the important places.
The ones found off the roads, atop the mountains, amidst the rivers, and
mostly by chance.
Marked not by placards and statues, but by epiphanous moments that give
you the sense that
no one, including yourself,
may ever find this place again.
These are the places worth seeking out.
And as you pass the landmark-makers putting up their guardrails and snack
shops, give a friendly wave.
And walk on to the place they've never been.
Just do it.
Nike |
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Where's the first tee, and what's
the course record?
Craig Windrim
The peace and solitude of the game
allows me to symbolically evaluate my life and role in society and stand
back to find out what the hell is really going on. So I figure that
if one approaches life with the almost belligerent attitude of record breaking,
then that person recognizes that anything is possible at any time under
any circumstances. If you play golf, it will make perfect sense.
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Integrity:
It's rock solid,
It's unyielding, unmoving,
It means being true to your values and remembering what is really important.
Great Performance Inc. |
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Rational structures of control
inhibit creativity. Managing as if people had souls requires that we de-mechanize
management and instill it with the diversity and depth of our own humanity.
The point is to respect people and allow them to make the fullest contribution
they can. We need more reflection in business not more strategizing. Meditation
takes thinking even further because it allows for the wisdom of the heart
to interweave with the knowledge of the head.
John Dalla Costa |
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I am still looking for the modern-day
equivalent of those Quakers who ran successful businesses, made money because
they offered honest products and treated their people decently, worked hard,
spent honestly, saved honestly, gave honest value for money, put back more
than they took out and told no lies. This business creed, sadly, seems long
forgotten.
Anita Roddick |
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