“It is only hard work that brings about results, doing things for others. Forget about your problems. Take responsibility for your life and make it into something beautiful in the midst of changing circumstances.” HardProblemBeautifulForgetResultsResponsibilityHard WorkBuddhismBalanceCircumstancesMidstTaking ResponsibilitySomething BeautifulResponsibility For Your LifeDoing Things For Others Author:Frederick Lenz
“Our laws governing lobbying and campaign contributions have struck the right balance between the wishes of the people and those of private industry, so why are we so quick to doubt that the same great results can be achieved by putting the government's justice-dealing branch on the same market-based course?” PeopleGovernmentLawCoursesWishJusticeResultsDoubtIndustryBalanceCampaignsBranchesContributionGoverningLobbyingGreat ResultsCampaign Contributions Author:Thomas Frank
“I think there are multiple studies now to demonstrate that diversity, a better balance between genders, but also between different fields as well, is actually conducive to better growth, better bottom line, better results.” ThinkingWellsDifferentGrowthLinesResultsStudyFieldsBalanceDiversityBottomGenderMultipleBottom Line Author:Christine Lagarde
“Balance, or drivability, and the ability to accelerate while cornering are more important than maximum cornering power - every time. Until you reach teh top levels of professional motor racing you will achieve more results by optimizing the package that you have than by redesigning it.” ImportantAbilityLevelsResultsAchieveBalanceRacingMaximumPackagesMotorAccelerateMotor Racing Author:Carroll Smith
“On the whole it may be observed, that the specific use of a body of unproductive consumers, is to give encouragement to wealth by maintaining such a balance between produce and consumption as will give the greatest exchangeable value to the results of the national industry.” GivingMayWholeUseBodyValuesWealthResultsProduceIndustryBalanceEncouragementConsumersConsumptionMaintainingUnproductive Book:The Works of Thomas Robert Malthus: Principles of political economy. Part 2 Source: The Works of Thomas Robert Malthus: Principles of political economy. Part 2
“We rarely use much debt and, when we do, we attempt to structure it on a long-term fixed rate basis. We will reject interesting opportunities rather than over-leverage our balance sheet. This conservatism has penalized our results but it is the only behavior that leaves us comfortable, considering our fiduciary obligations to policyholders, depositors, lenders and the many equity holders who have committed unusually large portions of their net worth to our care.” LongUseCareOpportunityTermInterestingResultsBalanceBehaviorComfortableBasesStructureRateInvestingCommittedDebtObligationFixedLong TermRejectsPortionsConsideringSheetsEquityConservatismNet WorthLendersBalance SheetsFiduciary Author:Warren Buffett