“If you are hired to shake up the system, do it. No one will believe you're the boss until you do one or more of the following: 1. Add a new division; 2. Lop off a present department; 3. Add new people or reassign and reward present employees; 4. Get rid of deadwood; 5. Change the method of accounting; 6. Change lawyers, accountants, or other outside services; 7. Ask a lot of questions, and demand answers by a certain date; 8. Get in touch with key people in your industry or city and arrange personal meetings; 9. Improve working conditions; 10. Update present benefit plans.” PeopleIfsBelieveCertainAsksAnswersCitiesPlansConditionsKeysIndustryDemandBenefitsMethodAddMeetingsRewardsFollowingLawyerDepartmentShakesEmployeeBossDivisionAccountingAccountantsUpdatesWorking Conditions Author:Lois Wyse
“What if we fail to stop the erosion of cities by automobiles? ... In that case America will hardly need to ponder a mystery that has troubled men for millennia. What is the purpose of life? For us, the answer will be clear, established and for all practical purposes indisputable. The purpose of life is to produce and consume automobiles.” IfsMenNeedsAmericaLife IsPurposeAnswersCitiesCasesClearFailingMysteryProducePracticalsWhat IfPurpose Of LifeAutomobilePonderingErosionWhat Is The Purpose Of Life Book:The Death and Life of Great American Cities Source: The Death and Life of Great American Cities
“Does anyone suppose that, in real life, answers to any of the great questions that worry us today are going to come out of homogeneous settlements?” DoeRealTodayAnswersCitiesWorryReal LifeSettlementHomogeneous Book:The Death and Life of American Cities Source: The Death and Life of American Cities
“The practical answer is, no it would be totally impossible for young or foreign people to get access to roof of a building that stands in the heart of a giant city and to put a cable across.” PeopleHeartWould BeYoungAnswersCitiesImpossibleBuildingAccessPracticalsGiantsRoofCables Author:Philippe Petit