“I like to talk about a thing I call a "practiced pause." Just a few moments of pausing allows me to consider a circumstance and take stock of what the best direction might be. Reactions tend to rise from habit and unconsidered action. A Response is considered and thoughtful. My actions are my own and I am, singularly, responsible for what I see, say, feel and exert.” FeelsMomentsMightActionMy OwnHabitCircumstancesResponsibleResponseReactionsThoughtfulAnnoyingPausesPausing Author:Mary Anne Radmacher
“Do too many executives still indulge in the short-sighted habit of issuing orders without taking the slightest pains to explain to those responsible for carrying them out the whyfor and wherefor of the orders? Where employees come in daily and hourly contact with the public, surely it is important that care be taken to fit them to reply intelligently to courteous questions. ""Because them are orders"" isn't a satisfying reply-even less satisfactory to the management than to the public.” StillsImportantCarePainOrderTakenHabitFitResponsibleManagementContactEmployeeExecutivesSatisfyingIndulgeIndulge InCourteousShort Sighted Author:B. C. Forbes
“When you give people who are being financially responsible money, you are enabling them to continue a bad habit. So you are actually helping by saying, "Love you but no."” PeopleGivingHelpingLove YouHabitResponsibleBad HabitsEnabling Author:Michelle Singletary
“If one develops good habits and routines, it is possible to be a responsible educator most of the time; and to marshal the special energies and reflection for those times, when the correct course of action is not clear, or when one is weighing one wrong against another wrong.” IfsActionCoursesEnergyClearSpecialHabitReflectionResponsibleEducatorWeighingGood Habits Author:Howard Gardner
“Thinking aloud is a habit which is responsible for most of mankind's misery.” ThinkingMankindHabitResponsibleMisery Author:Benjamin Franklin