“Set exorbitant standards, and give your people hell when they don't live up to them. There is nothing so demoralizing as a boss who tolerates second rate work.” PeopleGivingHellStandardsExcellenceRateBossTolerateSecond RateDemoralizing Book:The Unpublished David Ogilvy Source: The Unpublished David Ogilvy
“American democracy is a chess-game in which pawns imagine themselves to be free individuals with wills of their own: that delusion is one of the rules of the game, without which the game could not continue. I doubt anyone, no matter how sharp and sharp-tongued, could succeed in getting across to high school students how vital an acute mind is for just keeping a grip on one's life and earnings in our mendacious politics and economics. No wonder our school system is devoutly dedicated to demoralizing and blunting such minds.” MindMatterSchoolAmericaGamesIndividualEducationWonderDemocracyDoubtImagineStudentsSucceedHigh SchoolEconomicsChessDelusionDedicatedEarningPawnsSchool SystemChess GameAmerican DemocracyRules Of The GameDemoralizingHigh School StudentsPolitics And Economics Author:Kenny Smith
“Most professionals specialize in only part of the complex community revitalization process. Incomplete efforts usually create messy, expensive, demoralizing failures. Few specialists understand how to bring a place back to life with a holistic approach. If anyone understands the complete revitalization process, it's Storm Cunningham. He's spent over a decade rigorously studying successes and failures worldwide. He can look at a community, regional, or organizational regeneration or redevelopment process, and quickly spot what's wrong...what's missing.” IfsLooksProcessCommunityEffortStudyMissingApproachComplexesStormDecadesSpotsExpensiveMessyIncompleteSuccess And FailureSpecialistsHolisticRegenerationOrganizationalDemoralizingRevitalizationCunninghamsHolistic Approach Author:Lindsey Davis
“I love watching reality TV, but being part of making it was just demoralizing.” RealityTvsReality TvDemoralizing Author:Sia Furler