“What really matters in a workplace, what helps an employer if you've got a unionised workforce is if your shop stewards know the rules of the game, if your safety reps are taught to be able to examine situations to make sure the workplace is more safety. Better informed delegates, better workplace safety saves companies money. Unions are very good at safety. We are good at teaching delegates how to resolve disputes.” IfsKnowsMatterHelpingAbleGamesCompanySituationTeachingTaughtSafetyUnionsVery GoodShopsResolveWorkplaceDisputesEmployersWorkforceDelegatesStewardsRules Of The GameWorkplace Safety Author:Bill Shorten
“We can consider the process of healthy growth to be a never ending series of free choice situations, confronting each individual at every point throughout his life, in which he must choose between the delights of safety and growth, dependence and independence, regression and progression, immaturity and maturity.” ChoicesIndividualProcessGrowthSituationHealthySafetyIndependenceSeriesDelightMaturityDependenceProgressionNever EndingConfrontingImmaturityFree ChoiceRegression Book:Toward a Psychology of Being Source: Toward a Psychology of Being
“Investors frequently benefit from making decisions with less than perfect knowledge and are well rewarded for bearing the risk of uncertainty. The time other investors spend delving into the last unanswered detail may cost them the chance to buy into situations at prices so low they offer a margin of safety despite the incomplete information” WellsMayLastsChanceDecisionPerfectSituationRiskInformationCostOffersBenefitsLowsSafetyDetailsDespiteUncertaintyInvestorsMarginsIncompleteMaking DecisionsUnansweredDelvingIncomplete Information Author:Seth Klarman
“When you have a food safety system that's voluntary and not mandatory, you're in a situation in which everybody wants everybody else to go first. So as a normal course of doing business, food companies cut corners and don't want to take the kind of trouble and the kind of testing and the kind of careful procedures that are required to produce the safe food because they don't have to.” WantFirstsKindCoursesCompanySituationCuttingTroubleProduceSafeNormalSafetyCarefulCornersTestingProceduresFood SafetySafe Food Author:Marion Nestle
“What really sells a fight, and any kind of action, is the performance of it. If someone is uncomfortable or uncertain about doing action because they're too concerned about their safety or about being right, it pulls them out of being that character, in that situation.” IfsKindCharacterActionFightingSituationConcernedPerformancesSafetySellsUncomfortableUncertain Author:Zoe Bell
“Most people look at their homes, and they are trying to decide what things cosmetically they want to do. When I go through a house and I make a decision about what we are going to do, I start with health and safety, followed by efficiency and longevity. It's really difficult because everyone has a different budget and situation.” PeopleWantTryingLooksDifferentHomeHouseDifficultDecisionSituationSafetyBudgetsEfficiencyLongevityHealth And Safety Author:Bryan Baeumler
“I think I've been called edgy - but in all honesty, there is a safety in what I do because I'm always the idiot. Unless you're just listening to buzz words and not taking into account the context of the situation, you see I'm always the ignoramus.” ThinkingSituationHonestyListeningAccountsSafetyIdiotBuzzEdgy Author:Sarah Silverman
“He began to cry, not hysterically or screaming as people cry when concealed rage with tears, but with continuous sobs who has just discovered that he's alone and will be for long. He cried because safety and reason seemed to have left the world. Loneliness was a reality, but in this situation madness was also remotely a possibility.” PeopleWorldLongReasonRealityLeftSituationLonelinessCryPossibilityTearsMadnessSafetyRageCriedConcealed Author:Stephen King
“This government does not believe that public safety is enhanced by carrying weapons. In fact, it has been a long-standing Canadian government practice to discourage the use of personal defence weapons. Once public possession of one type of weapon is condoned for personal defence, the situation of weapon possession for protection starts to spiral upwards towards more powerful and dangerous weapons.” BelieveLongDoeHas BeensFactsUseGovernmentPowerfulSituationPracticeDangerousTypeWeaponsStandingSafetyPossessionProtectionDefenceDiscouragingFirearmsSpiralsPublic SafetyCanadian Government Author:Anne McLellan
“So one way to create an attractive risk/reward situation is to limit downside risk severely by investing in situations that have a large margin of safety. The upside, while still difficult to quantify, will usually take care of itself. In other words, look down, not up, when making your initial investment decision. If you don’t lose money, most of the remaining alternatives are good ones.” IfsWayLooksStillsCareDifficultLosesDecisionSituationRiskLimitsSafetyInvestmentRewardsInvestingTake CareOne WayAlternativesAttractiveInitialsMargins Book:You Can Be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market P Source: You Can Be a Stock Market Genius: Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market P
“You know, there are people making a lot of money in this country who can actually afford their own health care. We are in a situation where we got a safety net in place in this country for people who frankly don't need one. We got to focus on making sure we got a safety net for those who actually need it.” PeopleKnowsNeedsCountryCareSituationFocusSafetyHealth CareLots Of MoneySafety Net Author:Eric Cantor