“I have no doubt that aggressively going after wrongdoing can result in real improvement. Fewer wrongdoers in city government means more honest employees; it means better city services; it means more efficient government. And punishing wrongdoing can have a strong ripple effect that deters others from going down the wrong path.” MeanRealGovernmentStrongResultsCitiesPathDoubtEffectsHonestImprovementNo DoubtEmployeeFewerEfficientAggressionRippleWrongdoingWrong PathRipple EffectCity Government Author:David Hoffman
“A host of positive psychological changes inevitably will result from widespread economic security. The dignity of the individual will flourish when the decisions concerning his life are in his own hands, when he has the means to seek self-improvement. Personal conflicts among husbands, wives and children will diminish when the unjust measurement of human worth on the scale of dollars is eliminated.” HumansMeanChildrenSelfWisdomHandsPoliticsIndividualDecisionResultsEconomyWifeEconomicSecurityHusbandConflictSelf ImprovementDignityDollarsImprovementScalesPsychologicalLiberalismHostUnjustDiminishMeasurementEconomic JusticeEconomic SecurityHusband Wife Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“The taboos that I have mentioned are extraordinarily harsh and numerous. They stand around nearly every subject that is genuinely important to man: they hedge in free opinion and experimentation on all sides. Consider, for example, the matter of religion. It is debated freely and furiously in almost every country in the world save the United States, but here the critic is silenced. The result is that all religions are equally safeguarded against criticism, and that all of them lose vitality. We protect the status quo, and so make steady war upon revision and improvement.” MenWorldImportantWarCountryMatterStatesSidesLosesUnitedResultsOpinionUnited StatesAtheismSubjectsExampleProtectCriticismCriticsPositive AtheismImprovementSteadyHarshStatus QuoVitalityTabooExperimentationRevisionFree Opinion Author:H. L. Mencken
“It is far more lucrative and fun to leverage your strengths instead of attempting to fix all the chinks in your armor. The choice is between multiplication of results using strenths or incremental improvement fixing weaknesses that will, at best, become mediocre. Focus on better use of your best weapons instead of constant repair.” UseMotivationalChoicesFunResultsFocusWeaponsSelf ImprovementWeaknessConstantPersonal DevelopmentImprovementMediocreAttemptingArmorFixingMultiplicationChinksConstant Improvement Author:Tim Ferriss
“And, of course, method is very important as is a high-quality specialist (trainer) working with you to keep you going in the right direction for your improvement and to help create results.” ImportantHelpingCoursesResultsQualityMethodImprovementTrainersRight DirectionSpecialistsHigh Quality Author:Sergei Bubka
“Social improvement is attained more readily by a concern with the quality of results than with the purity of motives.” SocialResultsQualitySocietyConcernImprovementMotivePurity Book:Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer Source: Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer