“We are a commercial people. We cannot boast of our arts, our crafts, our cultivation; our boast is in the wealth we produce. As a consequence business success is sanctified, and, practically, any methods which achieve it are justified by a larger and larger class.” PeopleArtWealthBusinessClassUnited StatesAchieveProduceConsequenceMethodCraftsBusiness SuccessJustifiedBoastCultivation Book:The History of the Standard Oil Company Source: The History of the Standard Oil Company
“Never before has information been so important, to governments and businesses alike. And please don't imagine that some of you gathered here today may be less concerned than others. Globalization means that the "butterfly effect" is everywhere at work. The mistakes of a stockbroker in Singapore or the collapse of the Baht in Bangkok, the decisions of a Finnish industrial concern, or what the Governor of Minas Gerais in Brazil decides to do about his State's debt, have had consequences for the world as a whole.” WorldMayMeanImportantStatesWholeGovernmentTodayDecisionBusinessMistakeImagineEffectsInformationPleaseConsequenceConcernConcernedDebtButterflyCollapseImagine ThatGovernorsGlobalizationBrazilSingaporeFinnishStockbrokersBangkokButterfly EffectGovernment And Business Author:Jacques Chirac
“Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.” LifeInspirationMotivationalSuccessNaturalBusinessMagicGreatnessConsequenceFundamentalsMysteriousConsistentlySuccess In LifeConsistencyRoad To SuccessExpress YourselfBasicsSuccessful LifeLadder Of SuccessNatural Consequences Author:Jim Rohn
“Creating a close connection to those you do business with has its many risks, rewards and consequences. There are few things in business I have encountered that are more difficult than firing someone, particularly if that someone has always been, or has become a friend. On the flip side, I have been rewarded with many friends.” IfsInspirationalHas BeensDifficultSidesFriendshipBusinessRiskCreatingConsequenceConnectionsRewardsFlipFiringMany Friends Author:Mark Cuban
“Half a century ago, the Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl wrote that happiness cannot be attained by wanting to be happy - it must come as the unintended consequence of working for a goal greater than oneself.” HappinessGoalBusinessHalfGreaterCenturyConsequenceOneselfPsychiatristWant To Be HappyHalf A CenturyUnintended ConsequencesViktor Frankl Book:Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning Source: Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning