“A passive mindset "manages" to live with mediocre, but an active mindset "leads" to change until excellence results.” ResultsExcellenceActiveMindsetManagePassiveMediocre Author:Orrin Woodward
“We get brilliant results from average people managing brilliant processes - while our competitors get average or worse results from brilliant people managing broken processes” PeopleProcessDifferencesResultsBrokenManagementAverageBrilliantManageCompetitorsKey To SuccessRoad To SuccessRecipe For SuccessToyota Author:Fujio Cho
“In 302, the Roman emperor Diocletian commanded "there should be cheapness," declaring, "Unprincipled greed appears wherever our armies ... march. ... Our law shall fix a measure and a limit to this greed." The predictable result of Diocletian's food price controls were black markets, hunger and food confiscation by his soldiers. Despite the disastrous history of price controls, politicians never manage to resist tampering with prices -- that's not a flattering observation of their learning abilities.” ShouldLawBlackAbilityResultsPoliticianLimitsArmyGreedSoldierHungerDespiteManageObservationMarchPredictableEmperorFlatteringDeclaringCheapnessRoman Emperor Author:Walter E. Williams
“Jeremy Popkin's collection of first-person narratives of the Haitian Revolution is an extremely valuable work, accessible, sound and intelligent. I only wish such a book had been available fifteen years ago when I was in the early stages of researching my series of novels. Popkin has been deft and tactful in stitching together these excerpts, and as a result, he manages to tell a complete version of the Revolution almost entirely in the words of the people who experienced it-this book engaged me deeply.” PeopleYearsFirstsPersonsHas BeensBookTogetherWishSoundResultsNovelStageRevolutionYears AgoIntelligentSeriesAvailableValuableVersionsManageNarrativeEngagedCollectionsFifteenFirst PersonFifteen YearsHaitianHaitian Revolution Author:Madison Smartt Bell
“You can inspire people to give you greatness, or you can micro-manage them into your own one specific kernel of an idea. To me, I think that when you inspire people to give their best, then you're going to get the best result.” PeopleThinkingGivingIdeasResultsGreatnessInspireManageKernel Author:Matthew Lillard