“I find most meetings are a waste of time, because they are so ill-prepared and there's little opportunity for true synergy in producing better solutions than what anyone originally thought of. So I work hard to only attend those meetings that have strategic importance and miss all kinds of other seemingly urgent meetings.” KindLittlesHardOpportunityMissingHard WorkWasteSolutionsImportanceMeetingsPreparedIllAll KindsWasting TimeUrgentStrategicSynergy Author:Stephen Covey
“There is a certain way of being human that is my way. I am called upon to live my life in this way, and not in imitation of anyone else's life. But this notion gives a new importance to being true to myself. If I am not, I miss the point of my life; I miss what being human is for me.” IfsWayGivingHumansCertainMissingImportanceNotionBeing TrueMy WayImitationBeing HumanLiving My LifeTrue To Myself Book:Multiculturalism Source: Multiculturalism
“My parents were not formally educated. Both were cognizant of the importance of education. The teachers and ministers were the role models, and they would say, you should want to be like Miss Gardiner, you should want to be like Mr. Freeman, or be like your dad. Shun the people who don't value education.” PeopleWantShouldValuesParentRolesTeacherMissingLike YouDadModelsImportanceEducatedMinistersRole ModelsYour DadFreemanValue Of EducationImportance Of EducationCognizant Author:David C. Driskell