“Put First Things First! These four words cover an entire philosophy which can be applied with profit by every business leader, by every executive and by every employee.” FirstsPhilosophyLeadershipBusinessLeaderFourProfitEmployeeExecutivesBusiness LeadersFirst Things FirstPut First Things First Author:Thomas Watson, Jr.
“During the last five years, those four advantages-costs, products, people, goodwill-have been the salvation of Interface during a recession that saw our primary marketplace shrink by 38% from peak to trough-38%! As a heavily leveraged company with over $400 million in debt, we might not have made it without the sustainability initiative and, especially, the support of our customers. This revised definition of success-this new paradigm-has a name: "Doing well by doing good". It is a better way to bigger profits.” PeopleWayYearsWellsHas BeensMadeMightLastsNamesBusinessCompanyMillionsSupportFiveSawsFourProductsCostAdvantageBiggerSalvationDefinitionsProfitDebtCustomersMade ItPrimariesFive YearsSustainabilityInitiativeShrinksMarketplaceParadigmDoing GoodBetter WaysGoodwillRecessionsInterfacesDefinition Of SuccessLast Five YearsTrough Author:Ray Anderson
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” InspirationalGivingFirstsHumorMotivationalHoursLeadershipBusinessEducationFourTreePoliticianSixGive MeEducationalLawyerPlanningPreparationPresidentialTime ManagementSolidarityAxesPlannersLeadership And ManagementBusiness GrowthCommunicatorsChoppingSharpeningAbramPreparation And PlanningChopping Wood Author:Abraham Lincoln
“On Wall Street he and a few others - how many? three hundred, four hundred, five hundred? had become precisely that... Masters of the Universe.” UniverseThreeBusinessFiveFourStreetsMastersWallHundredFinance Author:Tom Wolfe
“Somehow, I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man by a man who knows the secret of making dreams come true. The special secret it seems to me is summarized in four C's. They are Curiosity, Courage, Confidence and Constancy. And the greatest of all is Confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably.” KnowsMenWayBelieveI CanDreamSeemsMotivationalSuccessFaithBusinessSecretCourageFourSpecialPositiveConfidenceEncouragementCuriositySelf ConfidenceHeightDreams Come TrueConstancyDisney CompanyConfidence And CourageDreams Can Come TrueMaking Dreams Come True Author:Walt Disney