“Today, you have 20 percent of the world controlling 80 percent of the Gross Domestic Product; you've got a $30 trillion (US) world economy, and $24 trillion of it is in the developed countries... These inequities can't exist. So if you are talking about systemic breakdown, I think you have to look in terms of social breakdown.” IfsThinkingWorldLooksCountryTodaySocialTermTalkingEconomyProductsPercentCapitalismGrossBreakdownWorld EconomyDeveloped CountryGross Domestic Product Author:James Wolfensohn
“Don't start by talking about your products and services instead think about the people you are trying to reach” PeopleThinkingTryingTalkingProducts Author:David Meerman Scott
“A product is usually created to improve people's lives; otherwise, why buy it? I'm no genius, but I am an American, and gosh-darnit, I consume, so I know what I'm talking about.” PeopleKnowsTalkingProductsGenius Author:Steven Weber
“I think that hip-hop should be spelled with a capital "H," and as one word. It's the name of our black people culture, and it's the name of our identity and consciousness. I think hip-hop is not a product, but a culture. I think rap is a product, but when hip-hop becomes a product, that's slavery, because you're talking about people's souls. To me, that's the biggest problem.” PeopleThinkingShouldSoulProblemCultureNamesBlackConsciousnessTalkingIdentityProductsSlaveryHip HopRapHipsHopsBlack PeopleOne Word Author:KRS-One
“There's a lot of people talking about elitism and all of that.Yes, I went to Princeton and Harvard, but the lens through which I see the world is the lens that I grew up with. I am the product of a working class upbringing.” PeopleWorldTalkingClassProductsGrewGrew UpWorking ClassLensesHarvardUpbringingElitismPeople TalkingPrinceton Author:Barack Obama
“The experience of a sad and tender heart is what gives birth to fearlessness. Conventionally, being fearless means that you are not afraid or that, if someone hits you, you will hit him back. But we aren't talking about that street-fighter level of fearlessness. Real fearlessness is the product of tenderness. It comes from letting the world tickle your heart, your raw heart. You are willing to open up, without resistance or shyness, and face the world.” IfsWorldGivingHeartMeanRealFacesLevelsTalkingStreetsWillingProductsBirthResistanceFighterFearlessNot AfraidTendernessFearlessnessShynessStreet FighterTender Hearts Author:Chogyam Trungpa
“I don't want to sell credit to people who are going to hurt themselves with it. You should only sell products that are good for the people who use them. Some disagree with this, but I know I'm right. That is to say, you're talking to a Republican who admires Elizabeth Warren.” PeopleKnowsWantShouldUseHurtTalkingProductsRepublicanSellsCreditAdmireDisagree Author:Charlie Munger
“The world's geography is not realistic. Geography is not real. Borders are only closed to people but they are open to products. There is another type of geography outside of this matrix. Because of this we noticed we were talking about much more than just Latin America. That was very important to put the film on another level. Based on this idea, we knew that we were not in this world any longer.” PeopleWorldImportantIdeasRealAmericaFilmLevelsTalkingThis WorldProductsTypeBordersLatinRealisticGeographyLatin America Author:Alex Abreu
“Because we've become so ecologically minded now, they have developed a product called Rapidly Dissolving Toilet Paper. Just how rapidly are we talking? 'Cause I don't want to have to play Beat the Clock in the thicket.” WantPlayCausesTalkingProductsPaperBeatsClockToiletsDissolvingToilet PaperThickets Author:Bill Engvall
“If you build a great product or service, people will talk about it. But it starts with having something that's worth talking about.” PeopleIfsTalkingProducts Author:Jeff Bezos
“The thing about being on the majors, from the beginning, going into this, I was like, "I'm not going to be treated like a factory," because that's never the way it was done before. You're talking about a major label, we're talking about serious business; you're not an artist anymore, you're a business, you have to work in terms of product, you have to release a product, and I don't really think that way at all.” ThinkingWayDoneArtistTermTalkingSeriousProductsMajorsTreatedReleaseLabelsFactoriesSerious Business Author:Beth Ditto
“You're confusing product with process. Most people, when they criticize, whether they like it or hate it, they're talking about product. That's not art, that's the result of art. Art, to whatever degree we can get a handle on (I'm not sure that we really can) is a process. It begins in the heart and the mind with the eyes and hands.” PeopleMindHeartArtHandsEyeHateProcessResultsTalkingProductsDegreesHandleNot SureCriticizeConfusing Author:Jeff Melvoin
“Everybody's complaining about all of Trump's cabinet members, how rich they are, that's horrible. I'd rather have that than a bunch of people in Obama's cabinet that have never spent a minute making a payroll, creating a job, or a service, or inventing a product. What the hell is there about academics from the faculty lounge who don't know what they're talking about other than theoretically. Why not have a bunch of people who have succeeded wildly, sharing what they know, implementing what they know nationwide? I would much rather have that.” PeopleKnowsJobsTalkingHellRichMinutesProductsTrumpMembersCreatingComplainingHorribleBunchFacultyWhy NotInventingCabinetsPayrollImplementingTalking About Others Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The challenges, the changes we're talking about often seem to them like unbelievable opportunities to deliver a product quicker, better. If you can improve the quality, lower the cost, and improve the turns - and you can do that because your information systems, your delivery systems, are better because of technology - well, you see that as a wonderful opportunity to gain market share.” IfsWellsSeemsTurnsOpportunityCan DoChallengesQualityTalkingTechnologyWonderfulShareInformationProductsCostGainsUnbelievableDeliveryInformation Systems Author:Ken Moelis
“The customer is always what inspires me first! I love talking to everyone on Instagram and seeing feedback on SnapChat! I can ask a question like "What product do you wanna see next??" and they give you immediate answers. I will never make a product I personally wouldn't wear every day! But I think it's important to be in tune with your audience and see their expectations.” ThinkingGivingFirstsI CanImportantNextAsksAnswersTalkingAudienceSeeingInspireProductsExpectationsCustomersTunesFeedbackInstagramSnapchat Author:Jeffree Star