“I think my mother was like a small company which, because things are not ship-shape, keeps two sets of books, one for the auditors and then there's the other one.” ThinkingTwoBookMotherCompanyShapesShipsAuditors Book:Luck and Circumstance: A Coming of Age in Hollywood, New York, and Points Beyond Source: Luck and Circumstance: A Coming of Age in Hollywood, New York, and Points Beyond
“Google has placed its faith in data, while Apple worships the power of design. This dichotomy made the two companies complementary. Apple would ship the phones and computers, while Google would provide Maps, Search, YouTube, and other web tools that made the devices more useful.” MadeTwoCompanyDesignComputerWorshipToolsPhonesShipsDataApplesMapsDevicesGoogleYoutubeDichotomyComplementaryGoogle Maps Author:Ben Parr
“"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