“Industry suffers from the managerial dogma that for the sake of stability and continuity, the company should be independent of the competence of individual employees.” ShouldMotivationalSufferingIndividualCompanyIndustryIndependentSakeEmployeeStabilityDogmaCompetenceContinuity Author:Edsger Dijkstra
“Never yield to that temptation, which, to most young men, is very strong, of exposing other people's weaknesses and infirmities, for the sake either of diverting the company, or of showing your own superiority. You may get the laugh on your side by it for the present; but you will make enemies by it for ever; and even those who laugh with you then, will, upon reflection, fear, and consequently hate you.” PeopleMenMayYoungHateStrongSidesCompanyEnemyLaughingReflectionWeaknessCriticismSakeTemptationYoung ManYieldVery StrongSuperiorityHate YouRidiculeYour SideExposingInfirmity Book:Lord Chesterfield's Letters Source: Lord Chesterfield's Letters
“For heaven's sake, this is 2015. I've run the largest technology company in the world. Let me assure you we know how to build an employer verification system that would work. We can solve this. We just need to do it.” KnowsWorldNeedsRunningHeavenCompanyTechnologyKnow HowLet MeSakeSolveEmployersVerification Author:John Kasich
“I tend to share whatever I know in general. I've never been a person to horde information for the sake of my own skin, you know what I mean? Not share so somebody doesn't take your job, I've never had that kind of insecurity. I also had a management company, too, so we were always one of those companies that shared information with our artists. Whatever they wanted to know, as much as they wanted to know, they could know.” KnowsKindMeanPersonsWantedJobsArtistMy OwnCompanyShareInformationSkinsManagementSakeInsecurityHorde Author:Queen Latifah
“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