“Hire extremely independent, intelligent, and passionate people, not necessarily "experts." Maybe three or four of my employees have MBAs, and those guys aren't necessarily at the top of the food chain.” PeopleGuyThreeFourIntelligentIndependentPassionateChainsExpertsEmployeeFood ChainMba Author:Yvon Chouinard
“Automobile is one of the most successful inventions of all time, but in my view, it is thoroughly obsolete already. And so by fundamentally rethinking the automobile, thinking of it as a robot on four wheels, essentially, something that can communicate with other intelligent devices, it can operate in a coordinated way, you can really start to fundamentally rethink urban personal mobility.” ThinkingWayViewsSuccessfulFourIntelligentCommunicateInventionAll TimeWheelsDevicesUrbanRobotsAutomobileObsoleteMobilityRethinking Author:William J. Mitchell
“Everybody thinks an automobile needs an engine. Well, an automobile doesn't necessarily need an engine. What we do is shift electric motors into the wheels of our automobiles and so we have a completely different kind of thing where we have four independent intelligent wheels rather than a traditional internal combustion engine and power train and so on.” ThinkingNeedsWellsKindDifferentFourIntelligentIndependentTrainTraditionalWheelsInternalsEnginesDifferent KindsElectricMotorAutomobileCombustionElectric Motors Author:William J. Mitchell
“The emotionally intelligent person is skilled in four areas: identifying emotions, using emotions, understanding emotions, and regulating emotions.” PersonsUnderstandingLeadershipEmotionFourAreasIntelligentIdentifyingIntelligent Person Author:John Mayer