“Hire and promote first on the basis of integrity; second, motivation; third, capacity; fourth, understanding; fifth, knowledge; and last and least, experience. Without integrity, motivation is dangerous; without motivation, capacity is impotent; without capacity, understanding is limited; without understanding, knowledge is meaningless; without knowledge, experience is blind. Experience is easy to provide and quickly put to good use by people with all the other qualities.” PeopleFirstsUseMotivationalLastsMotivationEasyUnderstandingQualityKnowledgeAdviceDangerousIntegrityLimitsCapacityExperienceThirdsBasesBlindMotiveMeaninglessFourthProvidingCeoFifthPromotionHiringGood AdviceImpotenceGreat LeadershipKnowledge ExperienceUnderstanding Knowledge Author:Dee Hock
“Belief is a virus, and once it gets into you, its first order of business is to preserve itself, and the way it preserves itself is to keep you from having any doubts, and the way it keeps you from doubting is to blind you to the way things really are. Evidence contrary to the belief can be staring you straight in the face, and you won't see it... True believers just don't see things the way they are, because if they did, they wouldn't be true believers anymore.” IfsWayFirstsFacesOrderBeliefDoubtEvidenceBlindContraryBelieverBeing TruePreservesStaringVirusesTrue Believer Book:Acts of Faith Source: Acts of Faith
“Nature without learning is like a blind man; learning without Nature, like a maimed one; practice without both, incomplete. As in agriculture a good soil is first sought for, then a skilful husbandman, and then good seed; in the same way nature corresponds to the soil, the teacher to the husbandman, precepts and instruction to the seed.” MenWayFirstsNaturePracticeTeacherBlindSeedsSoilInstructionAgricultureIncompleteBlind Man Author:Plutarch
“I will begin by saying what everybody would like to ignore or forget... we have sustained a total and unmitigated defeat... All is over. Silent, mournful, abandoned, broken, Czechoslovakia recedes into the darkness... We are in the presence of a disaster of the first magnitude which has befallen Great Britain and France. Do not let us blind ourselves to that... Do not suppose that this is the end. This is only the beginning of the reckoning.” FirstsEndsForgetDarknessBrokenAdversityBlindSilentDefeatDisasterFranceBritainAbandonedMagnitudeGreat BritainReckoningCzechoslovakia Author:Winston Churchill
“When something goes wrong, accuse yourself first. Even the wisdom of Plato or Solomon can wobble and go blind” FirstsBlindPlatoSolomon Author:Rumi
“Ma was legally blind due to a degenerative eye disease she'd had since birth. This meant she was entitled to welfare, and our lives revolved around the first day of every month when her payment was due.” FirstsEyeOur LivesMonthsBirthDiseaseBlindDuesWelfareEntitledPayment Author:Liz Murray
“To be risen with Christ means not only that one has a choice and that one may live by a higher law - the law of grace and love - but that one must do so. The first obligation of the Christian is to maintain their freedom from all superstitions, all blind taboos and religious formalities, indeed from all empty forms of legalism.” FirstsMayMeanChristianFormLawChoicesChristReligiousGraceHigherEmptyAnd LoveBlindObligationLive BySuperstitionsTabooRisenFormalityLegalismHigher LawGrace And Love Book:He is risen Source: He is risen