“If I could get one message to you it would be this: the future of this country and the welfare of the free world depends upon our success in space. There is no room in this country for any but a fully cooperative, urgently motivated all-out effort toward space leadership. No one person, no one company, no one government agency, has a monopoly on the competence, the missions, or the requirements for the space program.” IfsWorldPersonsCountryGovernmentWould BeSpaceRoomsEffortCompanyDependsMessagesProgramMissionsWelfareAgencyIf I CouldMotivatedRequirementsMonopolyCompetenceCooperativesFree WorldSpace ProgramGovernment Agencies Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“It is the logical next step in our ongoing effort to shift our company's centre of gravity, accelerate our growth” NextGrowthEffortCompanyStepsLogicalGravityCentreOngoingNext StepsAccelerate Author:Denise Morrison
“Creating in all employees the awareness that their best efforts are essential and that they will share in the rewards of the company's success.” EffortCompanyShareAwarenessEssentialsCreatingRewardsEmployeeBest Effort Author:Tom Peters
“For me, exploration was a personal venture. I did not go to the Arabian desert to collect plants nor to make a map; such things were incidental. At heart I knew that to write or even to talk of my travels was to tarnish the achievement. I went there to find peace in the hardship of desert travel and the company of desert peoples. I set myself a goal on these journeys, and, although the goal itself was unimportant, its attainment had to be worth every effort and sacrifice... No, it is not the goal but the way there that matters, and the harder the way the more worth while the journey.” WayWritingHeartMatterGoalEffortCompanySacrificeJourneyAchievementHarderPlantDesertMapsHardshipExplorationVentureAttainmentUnimportantFinding PeaceArabian Book:Arabian Sands Source: Arabian Sands
“The life insurance industry is filled with good people who believe in their work and their companies, but who may never have challenged the assumptions underlying their efforts.” PeopleBelieveMayEffortCompanyIndustryFilledAssumptionGood People Author:Andrew Tobias
“The company that employed me strived only to serve up the cheapest fare that the customer would tolerate, churn it out as fast as possible, and charge as much as they could get away with. If it were possible to do so, the company would sell what all businesses of its kind dream about selling, creating that which all of our efforts were tacitly supposed to achieve: the ultimate product -- Nothing. And for this product they would command the ultimate price -- Everything.” IfsKindDreamEffortCompanyAchieveProductsCreatingUltimateSellsCustomersSellingCommandGet AwayTolerateEmployed Author:Thomas Ligotti
“The rates of soda consumption in our poorest communities cannot be explained by individual consumer preferences alone, but rather are linked to broader issues of access and affordability of healthy foods in low-income neighborhoods, and to the marketing efforts of soda companies themselves.” IndividualCommunityEffortCompanyIssuesHealthyLowsRateMarketingAccessIncomeConsumersNeighborhoodConsumptionLinkedPreferencePoorestSodaHealthy FoodLow IncomeAffordability Author:Geoffrey Canada
“Some of the biggest bores I've ever known are men who have been highly successful in business, particularly self-made heads of big companies. Before the first olive has settled into the first martini, they pour the stories of their lives into the nearest and sometimes the remotest ears capturable.... These men have indeed paid the price of success. To rise to the top of a big company often takes a totality of effort, concentration and dedication. Others, too, have to pay part of the price. Wife and children are out of mind even when in sight.” MenMindFirstsChildrenHas BeensMadeSelfSometimesStoriesBigsEffortPayCompanyKnownSuccessfulWifeEarsSightPaidBoredomConcentrationDedicationBoresTotalityOlivesSelf MadeMartiniBig CompaniesPrice Of Success Author:Malcolm Forbes
“Ultimately, I don't believe that you can build a company without a lot of effort, and that you need to lead by example.” NeedsBelieveEffortCompanyExampleDon't Believe Author:Keith Rabois
“"If you are loyal you are successful," ruminated the company paper at one time. "All useful work is raised to the plane of art when love for the task-loyalty-is fused with the effort. Loyalty is the great lubricant of life. It saves the wear and tear of making daily decisions as to what is best to do. The man who is loyal to his work is not wrung nor perplexed by doubts, he sticks to the ship, and if the ship founders he goes down like a hero with colors flying at the masthead and the band playing."” IfsMenArtDecisionEffortCompanySuccessfulDoubtTearsColorHe ManHeroBandPaperTasksSticksRaisedLoyaltyFlyingShipsPlanesOne TimeLoyalFoundersPerplexed Author:Thomas Watson
“In evaluating potential vendors, accurately estimating total cost of ownership is critical. Yet, this is often an area where companies don't put the right amount of effort. This tool can help those looking at Warehouse Management Systems get their arms around this key issue.” HelpingEffortCompanyIssuesArmsKeysAmountCostAreasToolsManagementCriticalOwnershipWarehouseVendorsEstimatingManagement Systems Author:Dan Gillmor
“We've had one of these before, when the dot-com bubble burst. What I told our company was that we were just going to invest our way through the downturn, that we weren't going to lay off people, that we'd taken a tremendous amount of effort to get them into Apple in the first place; the last thing we were going to do is lay them off.” PeopleWayFirstsLastsEffortCompanyTakenAmountLaysApplesBubblesDotsDownturn Author:Steve Jobs