“My passion has been to build an enduring company where people were motivated to make great products. Everything else was secondary. Sure, it was great to make a profit, because that was what allowed you to make great products. But the products, not the profits were the motivation.” PeopleHas BeensMotivationPassionCompanyProductsEndureProfitMotivatedMy Passion Author:Steve Jobs
“When all of your decisions are based on economics, you end up with a sameness of vision. You're not taking the risks, you're not exploiting the passions of your creators. You're manufacturing product for a huge vending machine.” EndsPassionDecisionVisionRiskProductsHugeEconomicsMachinesCreatorManufacturingSamenessVending Machines Author:Steven Bochco
“Companies, as they grow to become multi-billion-dollar entities, somehow lose their vision. They insert lots of layers of middle management between the people running the company and the people doing the work. They no longer have an inherent feel or a passion about the products. The creative people, who are the ones who care passionately, have to persuade five layers of management to do what they know is the right thing to do.” PeopleKnowsFeelsCareRunningPassionGrowsLosesBusinessCompanyVisionCreativeFiveMiddleProductsManagementDollarsBillionsThings To DoRight ThingLayersInherentEntityWho CaresCreative PeopleInsertMiddle Management Author:Steve Jobs
“The rest of Sitka's homicides are so-called crimes of passion, which is a shorthand way of expressing the mathematical product of alcohol and firearms.” WayPassionCrimeProductsAlcoholMathematicalFirearmsHomicideShorthandCrimes Of Passion Book:The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel Source: The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel
“Connect with all the passions people have - for themselves, their families, their communities and wider world - and they will follow you to the ends of the earth, buy your products and services with pride, and may even be willing to work for you for next to nothing.” PeopleWorldMayEndsEarthPassionNextCommunityWillingProductsPride Author:Patrick Dixon
“I really value passion for the product above experience.” ValuesPassionProducts Author:Kevin Systrom
“You don't have to preach honesty to men with a creative purpose. A genuine craftsman will not adulterate this product. The reason isn't because duty says he shouldn't, but because passion says he couldn't.” MenReasonPurposePassionCreativeHonestyDutyProductsGenuineCraftsman Book:A Preface to Politics Source: A Preface to Politics
“Founders should think of their company as a product and build it and shape it with the same passion and care.” ThinkingShouldCarePassionCompanyProductsShapesFounders Author:Roelof Botha
“You persuade people with passion, so you've got to have a product or service you feel emotionally charged about. Then you can tell stories about it that will inspire others.” PeopleFeelsStoriesPassionInspireProductsInspire Others Author:Anita Roddick
“Have passion for what you do; believe in yourself and your product and your customer; persevere; delegate; listen. Have fun. Today, I add: "Do good".” BelieveTodayPassionFunProductsAddCustomersHaving FunBelieve In YourselfBelieve In YouPersevereDelegatesPassion For What You Do Book:Screw Business As Usual Source: Screw Business As Usual
“I admire companies that have a purpose, passion, and performance. I am a fan of Unilever under its CEO Paul Polman, not only for the company's insights into women and men when they buy beauty products or skin products (the DOVE woman, the AXE man), but also as a company seeking to achieve both growth and practicing social responsibility.” MenPurposePassionSocialGrowthResponsibilityCompanyFansAchieveProductsMen And WomenSkinsPerformancesSeekingInsightAdmireCeoSocial ResponsibilityDoveBeauty Products Author:Philip Kotler