“I'd been in a couple situations where I'd seen bands realize that they didn't have to get a good take in order to get something that sounded like a song. The musicians are there and they don't quite have it together, and then the engineer says, "Oh! That's okay, I'll just cut and paste the verse!"” TogetherSongOrderRealizingSituationCuttingCoupleBandMusicianOkayEngineersVerses Author:J. Robbins
“I thought if I followed the rules, things would turn out all right. that's the thing about the cure, isn't it? It isn't just about deliria at all. It's about order. A path for everyone. You just have to follow it and everything will be okay. That's what the DFA is about. That's what I belevied in-what I've had to believe in. Because otherwise, it's just...chaos.” IfsBelieveOrderTurnsPathOkayChaosCuresDelirium Author:Lauren Oliver
“Suddenly you've worked yourself up to the top of the pecking order and you say to yourself, okay, this is going to be fun.” OrderFunOkayPecking Order Author:Michael Douglas
“That is what lower performers do; they make others wrong for doing what is necessary in order to make themselves feel okay about doing nothing! The highest performers-the winners-respond by studying successful people and duplicating success.” PeopleFeelsOrderStudySuccessfulHighestOkayWinnerPerformersSuccessful PeopleDoing Nothing Book:The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure Source: The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure
“I chose to be a photographer twenty-two years ago, but I don't know that I'd make that choice again. Back in the early eighties, I still thought I was doing okay, trying to order and shape the world with my camera. Now that I know a bit more about living and dying, about our planet and its complex problems, I'm a lot less comfortable with my images of people. Still, I haven't a clue what else to do.” PeopleKnowsWorldTryingYearsStillsTwoProblemOrderChoicesBitsDyingHavensPlanetsShapesComfortableYears AgoOkayTwentiesCamerasComplexesPhotographerTwo YearsClueEightyOur PlanetTwenty TwoTwo Years AgoComplex Problems Author:Eugene Richards
“At that time there was, but they didn't have the guitar I wanted. There are only about 2000 people there and the next town was Dodge City 40 or 50 miles away and I didn't have a car. So it was easier to order it through the mail - which you shouldn't do. But it turned out okay. It was one of those Ovations - there's not much danger in ordering one of those.” PeopleWantedOrderNextCitiesCarDangerEasierOkayTownsGuitarMilesMailMiles AwayDodgeOvation Author:Freedy Johnston
“In order to get past disagreements, you just can't have one person with power decide. In other words, so just because I'm a boss, it would be terrible if I then said, "Okay, we're gonna go do this." That's why, after that thoughtful disagreement, there has to be a process of an idea meritocracy. That means okay, now you have to vote, not that the decision resides with power. And then you vote and move beyond it.” IfsMeanPersonsSaidIdeasWould BePastMovingOrderProcessDecisionTerribleOkayVoteThoughtfulBossDisagreementMeritocracy Author:Ray Dalio
“If you have to conduct layoffs, which is always a regrettable thing, there's kind of three things that are very important. One is to communicate well with your employees in order to help them understand why it is you're doing, and how. Second is to make sure that the employees who are part of the go forward, understand kind of what happened and are not like the ground doesn't keep moving. It's like, okay, we did that, we're moving forward, here we go. And then for the employees that you unfortunately have to let go, try to provide as much support for them as possible.” IfsTryingWellsKindImportantHelpingMovingOrderThreeSupportHappenedLetting GoOkayCommunicateMoving ForwardEmployeeThree ThingsKeep MovingLayoff Author:Reid Hoffman
“Everybody wants the easy stuff, "Okay, I wanna be a rapper. I wish I could fight in order to get more money." They see the finished product, they see this guy Derek Jeter hitting the homerun and whatnot and say "Ooh, I wanna make $20 million a year," but they didn't see him playing sandlot ball.” WantYearsGuyOrderFightingWishEasyStuffMillionsProductsOkayBallsFinishedRapperMore MoneyHittingThis GuyJeterSandlot Author:Mr. T
“One of the profound effects of economics in our day is that the people with the money and the power have embraced the guilt-free, external-less, everything-will-turn-out-okay-in-the-end philosophy of economics in order to justify their own evil works. And the economists, for the most part, have sucked up to that money.” PeopleEndsPhilosophyOrderTurnsEvilEffectsEconomicsOkayGuiltProfoundJustifyEconomistGuilt Free Author:Jane Smiley
“I gave myself permission to feel and experience all of my emotions. In order to do that, I had to stop being afraid to feel. In order to do that, I taught myself to believe that no matter what I felt or what happened when I felt it, I would be okay.” FeelsBelieveMatterWould BeOrderFeltEmotionHappenedTaughtOkayNo Matter WhatChaosPermissionBeing Afraid Author:Iyanla Vanzant
“Hey, have you heard that one about the difference between me, Wit, and my loutish cousin, Hilarity? No? Okay, so I walk into a bar, you see, very unassuming, and order a martini. Then the bartender, Hilarity, hauls off and squirts me in the face with a seltzer bottle, ruining my n ice new camel hair suit, dousing my monocle and my watch fob, soaking my cravat. So, do I let him have what for, and blow my top? I do not. I simply say: Sorry, I believe I said 'very dry'.” BelieveSaidFacesOrderI BelieveDifferencesWalksWatchesHeardHairOkaySorryBlowWitBarsSuitsIceHeyDryBottlesCousinCamelsHaulBartenderMartiniSoakingSaying SorryUnassumingHilarityMonocles Author:Chip Kidd
“It’s a Belgian beer, sweetie. Please tell me you’ve at least heard of it. (Blaine) Boy, I was born in Brussels and the last time I checked, this was my new homeland, America, not my birthplace. So you can either order an American-made beer or I’ll bring you water and you can sit there and act all superior until you puke, okay? (Aimee)” MadeLastsAmericaOrderWaterBornBoysHeardPleaseOkaySuperiorsBeerLast TimeHomelandBrusselsBirthplacePukeBelgians Author:Sherrilyn Kenyon