“Bill Gore from Goretex was a very strong influence because he was one of the first larger companies to experiment with freedom in the workplace.” FirstsStrongCompanyInfluenceBillsExperimentsVery StrongWorkplaceGore Author:Ricardo Semler
“I think the celebrity author trend reflects, at least in part, the growing influence of marketing departments at publishing companies. The emphasis becomes on the easy sell, as opposed to finding the best quality and writing and illustrating. There are exceptions (I like John Lithgow's stuff, for example), but a lot of it is putrid, and the best of it is often ghostwritten. Save the ink. Save the trees. Save our brain cells.” ThinkingWritingEasyStuffBrainQualityCompanyGrowingTreeInfluenceExampleFindingsSellsMarketingCellsDepartmentExceptionTrendsPublishingEmphasisInkBrain CellsIllustrating Author:Jabari Asim
“The life of hope, then, is shot through with social influences at every level. We learn to formulate ideals in tandem with others. We pursue particular hopes, sometimes succeeding and sometimes failing, in the company of those we love. And as we develop habits of hope and the hopefulness which helps us weather our trials, we reach out to others, inspiring them, sharing our own hopes with them, and contributing our abilities as best we can to foster the growth of agency.” SometimesHelpingSocialGrowthAbilityLevelsCompanyFailingInfluenceParticularHabitSucceedShotsIdealsTrialsWeatherPursueAgencyReach OutContributingThose We LoveHopefulnessTandem Author:Patrick Shade
“We wield an enormous influence over the world through how we choose to vote and what we choose to buy. Again, it's the power of numbers. If voters hold their leaders responsible for doing something about global warming, it will get done. If most people refuse to buy products from companies that, for example, wrap products in more plastic than necessary, pretty soon the plastic wrapping will stop.” PeopleIfsWorldDoneNumbersCompanyLeaderInfluenceExampleProductsVoteResponsibleRefuseEnormousGlobal WarmingVotersPlasticWrapsWrapping Book:Heatstroke: Nature in an Age of Global Warming Source: Heatstroke: Nature in an Age of Global Warming
“The more valuable you become [in your company], the more influence you have, the better communicator you are, you manage your time better, and you recognize people for their contributions. You also become more valuable as a spouse, parent and friend.” PeopleParentCompanyInfluenceValuableManageContributionSpouseCommunicators Author:Jim Rohn
“What they don't realize is that I'm not in the business to make clothes. I'm not in the business to make more money for myself, for Christ's sake. This is the reason Patagonia exists - to put into action the recommendations I read about in books to avoid environmental collapse. That's the reason I'm in business - to try to clean up our own act, and try to influence other companies to do the right thing, and try to influence our customers to do the right thing. So we're not going to change.” TryingBookReasonActionChristRealizingBusinessCompanyInfluenceClothesCleanEnvironmentalSakeCustomersRight ThingCollapseMore MoneyRecommendationsPatagonia Author:Yvon Chouinard
“The biggest influence in my life has been by husband, who is also my partner in the business. We started our companies together, and he's always been there encouraging me to take on new challenges in my life. And when I do take them on, he's right beside me supporting and helping me through all the difficult time.” Has BeensHelpingTogetherDifficultChallengesCompanyInfluenceHusbandPartnersDifficult TimesNew Challenges Author:Anousheh Ansari
“If a German company takes over 51 percent of an Indian one, it is given far-reaching controlling rights. But if an Indian company owns the majority of a German company, it is granted only very limited influence. That is unfair.” IfsGivenCompanyRightsInfluencePercentMajorityGrantedIndianReachingUnfair Author:Tulsi Tanti
“To write poetry is to be very alone, but you always have the company of your influences. But you also have the company of the form itself, which has a kind of consciousness. I mean, the sonnet will simply tell you, that's too many syllables or that's too many lines or that's the wrong place. So, instead of being alone, you're in dialogue with the form.” WritingKindMeanFormLinesConsciousnessCompanyInfluenceDialoguePoetry IsSonnetSyllables Author:Billy Collins
“The Carlyle Group is the most politically connected investment firm in the world. The company has mastered the art of influence peddling on a global scale, hiring executives and consultants ranging from Republican power broker James Baker and former president George Herbert Walker Bush to foreign leaders like former British prime minister John Major and former Philippine president Fidel Ramos.” WorldArtPresidentCompanyLeaderGroupsInfluenceRepublicanMajorsInvestmentConnectedBritishScalesFormerFirmMinistersExecutivesPrimePrime MinisterHiringPhilippinesWalkersBakersConsultantsBrokersPeddling Author:William Hartung