“It's hard to overemphasize how important Ford's deregulation was. True, most of the benefits took years to unfold-rail freight rates, for example hardly budged at first. Yet deregulation set the stage for an enormous wave of creative destruction in the 1980s.” YearsFirstsImportantHardCreativeStageExampleBenefitsDestructionRateWaveEnormousRailDeregulationCreative Destruction Book:The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World Source: The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World
“The English have this extraordianry respect for longevity. The best example of this was Queen Victoria, a most unpleasant woman who achieved a sort of public affection simply by living to be an enormous age.” HomeAgeExampleTravelAffectionEnormousQueensLongevityVictoria Author:Malcolm Muggeridge
“We wield an enormous influence over the world through how we choose to vote and what we choose to buy. Again, it's the power of numbers. If voters hold their leaders responsible for doing something about global warming, it will get done. If most people refuse to buy products from companies that, for example, wrap products in more plastic than necessary, pretty soon the plastic wrapping will stop.” PeopleIfsWorldDoneNumbersCompanyLeaderInfluenceExampleProductsVoteResponsibleRefuseEnormousGlobal WarmingVotersPlasticWrapsWrapping Book:Heatstroke: Nature in an Age of Global Warming Source: Heatstroke: Nature in an Age of Global Warming
“It's a very simple example to show that if you miss one step in a process in can cost you an enormous amount of time and money to fix. With a checklist, you can write it down and give it some someone else for them to do successfully. Checklists require discipline and organization, which is something internet marketers have to master.” IfsGivingWritingShowsProcessSimpleStepsMissingExampleMastersAmountInternetDisciplineCostOrganizationDown AndEnormousMarketersTime And MoneyChecklists Author:Brian Tracy
“There have been so many examples of highly qualified judges of enormous integrity who lost their positions because they were in fact disabled from speaking out to defend a controversial opinion.” Has BeensFactsLostOpinionExamplePositionJudgingIntegrityEnormousQualifiedDisabledControversialSpeaking Out Author:Deborah Rhode
“There are historic examples where a soft domination of certain states worked well. For instance the US, who dominated the Western alliance after World War II - with a giant army, an enormous population, and its globally superior economic power. This role is quite different for Germany today.” WorldWellsDifferentWarStatesTodayCertainRolesEconomicExampleArmyWesternPopulationEnormousSuperiorsInstanceWar Of The WorldsGiantsGermanyWorld War IiWorld War IDominationHistoricAlliancesEconomic Power Author:Jaroslaw Kaczynski