“Individuals interested in donating can call The Bridge. We do still need food, paper products, money, cleaning supplies - if people could call and coordinate donations. People loved donating clothing to The Bridge - it was an avenue; if they could put their focus on collecting cleaning supplies - toilet paper, food etc. - these items are a priority.” PeopleIfsNeedsStillsIndividualFocusProductsPaperPrioritiesBridgesEtcClothingsCleaningItemsToiletsAvenuesCollectingSuppliesCleanlinessDonationCoordinatesToilet Paper Author:Maggie Elizabeth Jones
“It doesn't matter how many pairs of shoes you have, how many cars you have, etc.... It's all utterly meaningless and yet we continue to pursue this. Why? Because they've learned they can stimulate our primal desires through selling us products.” MatterDesireCarProductsShoesSellingPursueEtcPairsMeaninglessPrimalPair Of Shoes Author:Russell Brand
“The more informative your advertising, the more persuasive it will be. Before people making a buying decision, they have many questions. For example, why they should buy from you, why your product is better than other similar products, why they should trust you, and why they should buy it now, etc.” PeopleShouldDecisionExampleProductsAdvertisingBuyingEtcPersuasiveInformative Author:David Ogilvy
“Markets are nimble and efficient, gathering the collective but disbursed intelligence of the economy's players and communicating up-to-the-minute realities of prices, product availability, etc. Government is typically cumbersome, plodding, and slow.” RealityGovernmentEconomyPlayerMinutesProductsCommunicateEtcCollectivesEfficientGatheringAvailabilityNimble Author:Joel Miller
“If users are not doing what the designer intended (when users are investing time, effort, etc in your product), the designer may be asking them to do too much.” IfsMayEffortToo MuchProductsAskingInvestingDesignerEtcUsersTime Effort Author:Nir Eyal
“Your business should be defined, not in terms of the product or service you offer, but in terms of what customer need your product or service fulfills. While products come and go, basic needs and customer groups stay around, i.e., the need for communication, the need for transportation, etc. What market need do you supply?” NeedsShouldTermGroupsProductsCommunicationOffersCustomersDefinedEtcComes And GoesTransportationBasic Needs Book:Mission Possible: Becoming a World Class Organization While There's Still Time Source: Mission Possible: Becoming a World Class Organization While There's Still Time
“If you don't know what career you'd change to, I've come to believe in starting with your values. What do you care most about: producing a new product, a cause, health, something unpopular but important, whatever. Next, get expertise in that, perhaps not at State U let alone private U but at You U: self-study, articles,, webinars, volunteering, etc. Then use your network rather than answering ads to land a launchpad job in that career.” IfsKnowsBelieveImportantSelfStatesUseCareJobsValuesNextCausesCareersStudyLandProductsStartingEtcArticlesAdsVolunteerExpertiseNew ProductsDo You Care Author:Marty Nemko
“You are born into a dangerous world, there are all sorts of ways in which you could die, and you need to believe your parents when they tell you don't go near the edge of the cliff, or don't pick up that snake, etc. There could very well be a Darwinian survival value in that sort of brain rule of thumb. And a by-product of that could be that you believe your parents when they tell you about the juju in the sky, or whatever it might be.” WorldWayNeedsBelieveWellsMightValuesDiesParentBornBrainSkyDangerousProductsSurvivalPicksEdgesEtcSnakesCliffsThumbsDangerous WorldJuju Author:Richard Dawkins