“The difference between a calculated risk and rolling the dice can be expressed in one word: homework.” DifferencesRiskRollingOne WordHomeworkDiceCalculated Risk Book:Feminine Force: Release the Power Within You to Create the Life You Deserve Source: Feminine Force: Release the Power Within You to Create the Life You Deserve
“If we overregulate, over control, impose too many burdens and too much bureaucracy - or if we do it across the board, without taking into account the differences among businesses and their relative impact on society - that could make people risk-averse and dampen the entrepreneurial spirit.” PeopleIfsSpiritDifferencesToo MuchRiskAccountsImpactBurdenBoardsRelativeBureaucracyEntrepreneurialGovernment BureaucracyEntrepreneurial SpiritImpact On Society Author:Samuel J. Palmisano
“Many businesses fail because the owner wasn't willing to invest and wasn't educated on the difference between spending money frivolously and investing money into the business for growth, and the risks and rewards of that cash infusion.” GrowthDifferencesFailingRiskWillingRewardsInvestingSpendingEducatedOwnersCashSpending MoneyInvesting MoneyInfusionRisk And Reward Author:Carol Roth
“If you have an approach that makes money, then money management can make the difference between success and failure... ... I try to be conservative in my risk management. I want to make sure I'll be around to play tomorrow. Risk control is essential.” IfsWantTryingPlayDifferencesRiskTomorrowEssentialsApproachManagementConservativeMaking MoneySuccess And FailureRisk ManagementMoney Management Author:Monroe Trout
“How would you describe the difference between modern war and modern industry-between say, bombing and strip mining, or between chemical warfare and chemical manufacturing? The difference seems to be only that in war the victimization of humans is directly intentional and in industry it is "accepted" as a "trade-off." Were the catastrophes of Love Canal, Bhopal, Chernobyl, and the Exxon Valdez episodes of war or of peace? They were in fact, peacetime acts of aggression, intentional to the extent that the risks were known and ignored.” HumansWarFactsSeemsDifferencesKnownRiskModernIndustryTradeEnvironmentalAcceptedChemicalsPollutionEpisodesAggressionWarfareIgnoredCatastropheManufacturingBombingMiningCanalsChernobylVictimizationTrade OffsModern WarChemical Warfare Author:Wendell Berry
“Producers think in the language of abundance rather than scarcity, take initiative instead of waiting for someone else to provide them with opportunity, and boldly venture wise risks instead of surrendering to fear that they can't make a difference.” ThinkingOpportunityLanguageWaitingDifferencesWiseRiskProducersAbundanceMaking A DifferenceInitiativeVentureScarcity Author:Oliver DeMille