“During the last five years, those four advantages-costs, products, people, goodwill-have been the salvation of Interface during a recession that saw our primary marketplace shrink by 38% from peak to trough-38%! As a heavily leveraged company with over $400 million in debt, we might not have made it without the sustainability initiative and, especially, the support of our customers. This revised definition of success-this new paradigm-has a name: "Doing well by doing good". It is a better way to bigger profits.” PeopleWayYearsWellsHas BeensMadeMightLastsNamesBusinessCompanyMillionsSupportFiveSawsFourProductsCostAdvantageBiggerSalvationDefinitionsProfitDebtCustomersMade ItPrimariesFive YearsSustainabilityInitiativeShrinksMarketplaceParadigmDoing GoodBetter WaysGoodwillRecessionsInterfacesDefinition Of SuccessLast Five YearsTrough Author:Ray Anderson
“Jesus Christ, who had all the power in the world, saw us enslaved by the very things we thought would free us ... He laid aside the infinities and immensities of His being and, at the cost of His life, paid the debt for our sins, purchasing us the only place our hearts can rest, in His Father's house. Knowing He did this will transform us from the inside out.” WorldHeartFatherHouseJesusChristSinKnowingSawsCostJesus ChristPaidDebtInfinityImmensityPurchasing Book:The Prodigal God: Recovering the heart of the Christian faith Source: The Prodigal God: Recovering the heart of the Christian faith
“I saw a psychologist once because I thought I had depression. It cost me $100. When I left, I realised that there's nothing he could have said that would cheer me up as much as if I found a $100 bill on my way home.” IfsWaySaidHomeFoundLeftSawsCostBillsMy WayCheerRealisedPsychologistWay HomeCheer Me Up Author:Emo Philips
“The first thing that got to me was seeing David Bowie on a children's TV show, but Bowie was way beyond my aspirations. The Buzzcocks' Spiral Scratch came out in 1977 and it had a breakdown of the recording costs, then you saw Pete Shelley playing a broken guitar from Woolworths. We already had an idea of the kind of music we wanted to do, but punk showed us a way to do it.” WayFirstsKindChildrenIdeasShowsWantedSawsSeeingTvsBrokenCostGuitarAspirationPunkTv ShowsScratchesBreakdownSpiralsBowieShelley Author:Edwyn Collins
“Real estate is the key cost of physical retailers. That's why there's the old saw: location, location, location.” RealSawsKeysCostEstatesLocationRetailers Author:Jeff Bezos
“All of them, all except Phineas, constructed at infinite cost to themselves these Maginot Lines against this enemy they thought they saw across the frontier, this enemy who never attacked that way-if he ever attacked at all; if he was indeed the enemy.” IfsWayLinesEnemySawsCostInfiniteFrontiersSeparate Peace Author:John Knowles
“This grieved me heartily ; and now I saw, though too late, the folly of beginning a work before we count the cost, and before we judge rightly of our own strength to go through with it.” SawsJudgingCostLateFollyToo Late Book:Delphi Complete Works of Daniel Defoe (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Daniel Defoe (Illustrated)