“For hearts where wakened love doth lurk, How fine, how blest a thing is work! For work does good when reasons fail.” HeartDoeReasonWorkFailingFine Book:The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow Source: The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow
“Not everyone in an organization is in a position to accumulate power through competent performance because most people are just carrying out the ordinary and the expected - even if they do it very well. The extent to which a job is routinized fails to give an advantage to anyone doing it because 'success' is seen as inherent in the very establishment of the position and the organization surrounding it. Neither persons nor organizations get 'credit' for doing the mandatory or the expected.” PeopleIfsGivingWellsPersonsJobsWorkFailingPositionOrdinaryAdvantagePerformancesOrganizationCreditExpectedEstablishmentInherentCompetenceCompetent Author:Rosabeth Moss Kanter
“Even the strongest personality will regress and eventually may disintegrate if there is no incentive (other than threat of punishment) for the work he does. When there is no feeling to accomplishment, children fail to develop properly and old people rapidly decline.” PeopleIfsMayChildrenDoeFeelingsWorkFailingPersonalityThreatPunishmentAccomplishmentStrongestDeclineOld PeopleIncentives Author:Joe Whitney
“He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.” LongWorkWealthPowerCourageFailingHonestyAmbitionEndeavor Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay