“Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.” WorldTryingHandsTimeReadingBusinessEnvironmentMediaEthicsDetermineNewspapersJournalismClockFavouriteSecond ChanceSecond HandNews MediaNewspapers JournalismNewspaper ReportersReading Newspapers Book:A child of the century Source: A child of the century
“Decide, before you start, that you're going to change three things about what you do all day at work. Then, as you're reading, find the three things and do it. The goal of the reading, then, isn't to persuade you to change, it's to help you choose what to change.” HelpingThreeReadingGoalBusinessYou ChooseThree Things Author:Seth Godin
“I also like to use a sensational headline. Many people read blogs in aggregators, which generally show only the headline. So you have to give people a reason to click through. Blogs need to be real and personal. Reading it should be like hanging out with you. I play music for my readers. I show them videos I like. I tell them what I did over the weekend. And I tell them what is happening in the technology, Internet, and VC markets.” PeopleNeedsGivingShouldRealReasonPlayUseShowsSuccessReadingBusinessTechnologyReaderInternetHappeningsVideoHanging OutWeekendBeing RealBlogsHeadlinesClicksSensational Author:Fred Wilson
“I am always glad to think that my education was, for the most part, informal, and had not the slightest reference to a future business career. It left me free and untrammeled to approach my business problems without the limiting influence of specific training.” ThinkingProblemReadingLeftBusinessEducationCareersInfluenceApproachTrainingGladBusiness ProblemsFuture Business Author:Alice Foote MacDougall
“The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.” MenBookReadingBusinessMediaDrinkHumorousHistoricalProfoundLibertarianNewspapersInsaneEducatedJournalismBeerLimited GovernmentBig GovernmentIndividual LibertyLimiting GovernmentNews MediaNewspapers JournalismReading Newspapers Author:Thomas Jefferson
“Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light.” InspirationalWritingLightRememberReadingBusinessMediaInformationCommunicationAppreciateAppreciationGuidesNewspapersJournalismAccuratePublishersAccuracyKeep It SimpleMass Communication Author:Joseph Pulitzer
“The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.” LifeInspirationalWritingMindIdeasWisdomTruthSuccessScienceReligionReadingInspiringBusinessEducationKnowledgeHistoryLearningReturnPerceptionInnovationOriginalsPersonal GrowthEducationalDimensionsNew IdeasGreat IdeaPast LifeSchooledHomeschoolingLive And LearnGreat EducationOriginal IdeasBusiness InnovationHuman ThoughtLifelong LearnerGreat EducationalInnovation And BusinessMotivational LeadershipTeacher StudentInspirational EducationCreative IdeasKnowledge EducationIdeas And CreativityEducation And KnowledgeInspire CreativityCreative ThoughtIdeas And InnovationOld IdeasStudent LearningInspirational EducationalLearning NewNever Stop LearningKnowledge And LearningKnowledge LearningPower Of IdeasBrain PowerInspirational LearningCooperative LearningLearning And GrowingLessons To Be LearnedIntellectual GrowthInspiring EducationalCreating The FutureShort TeacherLearned PersonExperience And LearningCreative Team Author:Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think. That is very uncommon in American business. I read and think. So I do more reading and thinking, and make less impulse decisions than most people in business. I do it because I like this kind of life.” PeopleThinkingKindSuccessReadingDecisionBusinessImpulseInsightfulUncommonBuffetsAmerican BusinessWarren Buffet Author:Warren Buffett