“The actor must be full of passion. If he's too cool he's better off as the manager of a company, not someone who appears on the stage.” IfsPassionActorsCompanyStageManagersBetter OffToo Cool Author:Stella Adler
“My passion has been to build an enduring company where people were motivated to make great products. Everything else was secondary. Sure, it was great to make a profit, because that was what allowed you to make great products. But the products, not the profits were the motivation.” PeopleHas BeensMotivationPassionCompanyProductsEndureProfitMotivatedMy Passion Author:Steve Jobs
“Companies, as they grow to become multi-billion-dollar entities, somehow lose their vision. They insert lots of layers of middle management between the people running the company and the people doing the work. They no longer have an inherent feel or a passion about the products. The creative people, who are the ones who care passionately, have to persuade five layers of management to do what they know is the right thing to do.” PeopleKnowsFeelsCareRunningPassionGrowsLosesBusinessCompanyVisionCreativeFiveMiddleProductsManagementDollarsBillionsThings To DoRight ThingLayersInherentEntityWho CaresCreative PeopleInsertMiddle Management Author:Steve Jobs
“I like to take chances on people, and whenever possible, promote from within - it sends a great message to everyone in the company when someone demonstrates a passion for the job and leadership skills at every step along the way and is rewarded with a leadership role.” PeopleWayJobsPassionChanceCompanyStepsRolesSkillsMessagesTake A ChanceEvery StepLeadership SkillsLeadership Roles Author:Richard Branson
“The best cover letters I've read are from people who have a passion for my company, and can make that passion come to life on a page. The letters that make me say, 'Yes! This person really gets it.' Because, at the end of the day, I want to hire people who already get it. Most hiring managers do.” PeopleWantPersonsEndsPassionCompanyPagesLettersManagersThe End Of The DayHiring Author:Kathryn Minshew
“When passion and habit long lie in company it is only slowly and with incredulity that habit awakens to finds its companion fled, itself alone.” LongLyingPassionCompanyHabitCompanionIncredulity Book:Wisdom, Wit and Pathos of Ouida Source: Wisdom, Wit and Pathos of Ouida
“There is yet another kind of matrimonial dialect (which naturally succeeds this of talking at each other), which may very properlybe styled The Language Contradictory.... In the former, however plain the object of satire may be exhibited to the whole company, yet there always remains some little covering.... But in this last method, the defiance becomes more open and the impetuosity with which these contradictions are uttered (although the subjects of them are often of the most indifferent nature) evidently prove that they arise from passion.” KindMayLittlesWholeLastsPassionLanguageCompanyTalkingMarriageSubjectsObjectsSucceedProveMethodRemainsAriseFormerContradictionSatireIntoleranceIndifferentContradictoryCoveringDefianceDialect Author:Sarah Fielding
“Building a World Class Company is a commitment to the integration of passion, purpose, and practice.” WorldPurposePassionCompanyClassPracticeBuildingCommitmentIntegrationWorld Class Author:Michael Gerber
“Founders should think of their company as a product and build it and shape it with the same passion and care.” ThinkingShouldCarePassionCompanyProductsShapesFounders Author:Roelof Botha
“If you have passion for what you do, the company you keep, the life you live, it will be reflected in whatever you create. Passion is like that; it springs out, jumps, unpredictable and unplanned, into everything we touch. If it doesn't, others know. Passion can't be faked and it can't be manufactured. Which is why it is so priceless.” IfsKnowsPassionCompanySpringUnpredictablePricelessCompany You KeepPassion For What You Do Author:R. D. Laing