“Meaning and value depend on human mind space and the commitment of time and energy by very smart people to a creative enterprise. And the time, energy, and brain power of smart, creative people are not abundant. These are the things that are scare, and in some sense they become scarcer as the demand for these talents increases in proportion to the amount of abundant computing power available.” PeopleMindHumansValuesEnergySpaceBrainCreativeTalentDependsAmountDemandSmartCommitmentIncreaseAvailableProportionEnterpriseHuman MindScareCreative PeopleSmart PeopleComputingTime And EnergyVery SmartBrain Power Author:Steven Weber
“The all American work ethic, destructive enough by itself, also packs a gender double standard that strip-mines the natural resources of both parents. It has taught us that as their earnings and success increase, men become "more manly," while women become "less feminine." This perverse cultural dynamic gives fathers an incentive to stay away from their families and kill themselves at work, while coercing mothers to limit their career commitment, which in turn limits their wages and shortchanges their families.” MenGivingEnoughMotherTurnsFatherParentWomenNaturalCareersMinesTaughtLimitsStandardsEthicsCommitmentResourcesIncreaseGenderDestructiveFemininePacksEarningWagesWork EthicIncentivesNatural ResourcesManlyTaught UsDouble Standard Author:Letty Cottin Pogrebin
“The commitment of government to deal with the population issue is of course essential....There are many ways to make the death rate increase.” WayGovernmentCoursesDealsIssuesEssentialsCommitmentIncreaseRatePopulation Author:Robert McNamara
“The five C's of expanding your capacity. 1. Build your confidence. 2. Expand your connections. 3. Improve your competence. 4. Strengthen your character. If character is not strengthening your capacity is weakening. We need to check our leadership for leaks. 5. Increase your commitment.” IfsNeedsCharacterFiveCommitmentCapacityConnectionsIncreaseChecksExpandingCompetenceStrengtheningLeaksWeakening Author:Sheila Heen
“Do not accept principal risk while investing short-term cash: the greedy effort to earn a few extra basis points of yield inevitably leads to the incurrence of greater risk, which increases the likelihood of losses and severe illiquidity at precisely the moment when cash is needed to cover expenses, to meet commitments, or to make compelling long-term investments.” LongMomentsTermLossEffortAcceptingGreaterRiskNeededCommitmentBasesIncreaseInvestmentInvestingLong TermExtrasExpensesYieldCashCompellingPrincipalSevereGreedyShort TermLikelihood Author:Seth Klarman
“All believers can increase their commitment to God by reflecting on His faithfulness and by considering the forms such commitment should assume in their experience.” ShouldFormCommitmentIncreaseAssumingBelieverConsideringFaithfulnessReflectingCommitment To God Author:Max Anders
“Inflationary trends are under way. Wage increases, through strikes or threatened strikes, are rampant. Government expenditures are ballooning ominously. Hoarding has contributed unconscionably to price-boosting. The Government should institute measures calculated to arrest inflation. America's commitments are already so mountainous, international and domestic, that the pruning knife should be applied. You and I, all American taxpayers, don't possess limitless resources-our pockets are not bottomless. Curb inflation at every turn!” WayShouldGovernmentAmericaTurnsCommitmentResourcesIncreaseInternationalStrikesPocketsTrendsKnivesThreatenedInflationLimitlessTaxpayersInstituteCurbExpendituresHoardingPruning Author:B. C. Forbes
“We've gotten commitments from medical schools, from nursing schools, to step up and increase that pool of knowledgeable individuals.” SchoolIndividualStepsCommitmentIncreaseMedicalPoolNursingStep UpKnowledgeableMedical SchoolNursing School Author:Michelle Obama
“We have management questions. On increasing the basic state pension in line with earnings, because we have made a clear promise and said that the increase in the pension age has to be brought forward, that is an affordable and deliverable commitment from the Conservative Party.” MadeSaidStatesAgeLinesPartyClearPromiseCommitmentIncreaseManagementConservativeEarningAffordablePensionConservative Party Author:George Osborne
“To have an incredible increase in self esteem, all you have to do is start doing some little something. You don't have to do spectacularly dramatic things for self esteem to start going off the scale. Just make a commitment to any easy discipline. Then another one and another one.” LittlesSelfEasySelf EsteemConfidenceDisciplineCommitmentIncreaseIncrediblesScalesEsteemDramatic Author:Jim Rohn
“The most constructive solutions are those which take into consideration the views of all persons involved and are acceptable to all. Such outcomes are the result of negotiation strategies where the needs of both sides are considered important and an attempt is made to meet all needs. These solutions are appropriately called Win-Win because there are no losers. While often difficult to arrive at, the process leading to such solutions builds interpersonal relationships, increases motivation and improves commitment. Win-Win solutions are the most desirable outcomes of conflict resolution.” NeedsPersonsMadeImportantMotivationWinningProcessDifficultSidesResultsViewsAcceptanceInvolvedConflictSolutionsCommitmentIncreaseStrategyOutcomesConsiderationResolutionLoserAcceptableBoth SidesNegotiationDesirableConstructiveConflict ResolutionProblems And SolutionsSolution To A ProblemWin WinInterpersonalInterpersonal Relationship Author:Gabor Peter
“When individual members and families immerse themselves in the scriptures regularly and consistently, … other areas of activity will automatically come. Testimonies will increase. Commitment will be strengthened. Families will be fortified. Personal revelation will flow” IndividualActivityMembersCommitmentAreasFlowIncreaseScriptureRevelationsConsistentlyTestimonyPersonal Revelation Book:The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson Source: The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson