“Entrepreneur, be known for something, not anything, but something specific, why? That's your real distinction.”
Source: The Doorway to Distinction: 200 Quotes To Inspire You To Reach New Levels Of Excellence
“The concept of waiting, of being patient, had seemed so simple before. Not any longer. Where once I thought we had time to figure things out, now I knew there would never be enough of it. I'd been told my whole life that time was on my side, and I'd been lied to. I saw it now for what it was: time was amorphous, fluid, a thing without beginning or end, a thing that had the power to speed up or stop, a thing I could neither grasp nor control. Time had betrayed me, and I no longer trusted it would be there. Everything was urgent. Everything had to be done immediately.”
Source: Alive Day: A Memoir
“Nature is the greatest school of business.”
“The worst way of healing you is listening to the world”
“Employees who feel valued and empowered become the biggest advocates for their organization.”
“Our initial thinking about the keys to educational reform was wrong. The variables were deeply emotional and cultural.”
Source: A Whole New Engineer: The Coming Revolution in Engineering Education
“Change flows organically from the students themselves.”
Source: A Whole New Engineer: The Coming Revolution in Engineering Education
“The emotional transformation of engineering education…is based on a philosophy of education that is grounded in the real world and in the lives of the students we serve…In the right atmosphere, the change flows organically from the students themselves.”
Source: A Whole New Engineer: The Coming Revolution in Engineering Education
“The emotional transformation of engineering education isn’t magical thinking. Nor is it a vague abstraction or a series of touchy-feely practices. It is based on a philosophy of education that is grounded in the real world and in the lives of the students we serve. It’s available to everyone. It isn’t expensive. It can’t be accomplished in the old paradigm under the old assumptions about how education change happens, but in the right atmosphere, the change flows organically from the students themselves. That atmosphere requires systematic language change, culture change, and personal change by students, faculty, and all the stakeholders in education.”
Source: A Whole New Engineer: The Coming Revolution in Engineering Education
“[Olin] formed a culture of student ownership and engagement…students are not consumers but rather are partners in their education.”
Source: A Whole New Engineer: The Coming Revolution in Engineering Education