“I think there are shows that are long-running and successful, where some or all of the cast members hate each other, but I think it's a lot easier to have an environment where everyone feels secure and supported to do the best work possible.” ThinkingFeelsLongShowsRunningHateSuccessfulEnvironmentEasierMembersCastsSecureDo The BestBest WorkCast Members Author:Jesse Metcalfe
“I have no idea how to become successful in children's tv programming today other than to say that whereever you find that rare animal being pursued, insert yourself into its environment; get in the door in any position and work from within.” ChildrenIdeasTodayAnimalSuccessfulEnvironmentDoorsPositionTvsNo IdeaProgrammingPursuedBecoming SuccessfulInsert Author:William Jackson
“In an improv group and a successful work team, the members play off one another, each person's contributions providing the spark for the next. Together, the improvisational team creates a novel emergent product, one that's more responsive to the changing environment.” PersonsPlayTogetherNextNovelSuccessfulEnvironmentGroupsTeamProductsMembersContributionCollaborationSparksProvidingSuccessful WorkChanging Environment Author:R. Keith Sawyer
“Our nation needs the BRAC process. No institution can remain successful if it does not adapt to its constantly changing environment. Our armed forces must adapt to changing global threats, evolving technology and new strategies and structures.” IfsNeedsDoeForceNationsProcessTechnologySuccessfulEnvironmentInstitutionsStrategyStructureThreatEvolveAdaptabilityArmed ForcesChanging Environment Author:Anthony Principi
“It's always surprised me that the most successful and really amazing shows are also the happiest environments, and very welcoming.” ShowsSuccessfulEnvironmentWelcomeReally Amazing Author:Donal Logue
“By giving women training to sue a company for a 'hostile environment' if someone tells a dirty joke, we are training women to run to the Government as Substitute Husband (or Father). This gets companies to fear women, but not to respect women. The best preparation we can give women to succeed in the workplace is the preparation to overcome barriers rather than to sue: successful people don't sue, they succeed.” PeopleIfsGivingGovernmentRunningFatherCompanySuccessfulEnvironmentSucceedHusbandTrainingJokesOvercomingPreparationDirtyBarriersSubstitutesSuccessful PeopleWorkplaceHostileRespect WomenDirty JokesHostile Environment Book:The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex Source: The Myth of Male Power: Why Men Are the Disposable Sex
“Don't attempt to reform man. An adequately organized environment will permit humanity's original, innate capabilities to become successful.” MenWisdomHumanityPoliticsEconomySuccessfulEnvironmentOriginalsReformOrganizedLiberalismPermitCapabilityInnateBecoming Successful Author:R. Buckminster Fuller
“Chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutan shave been living for hundreds of thousands of years in their forest,living fantastic lives, never overpopulating, never destroying the forest. I would say that they have been in a way more successful than us as far as being in harmony with the environment.” WayYearsHas BeensSuccessfulEnvironmentHarmonyForestsFantasticDestroyingChimpanzeesPrimatesGorillasOverpopulationWoods And ForestsOrangutansFantastic Life Author:Jane Goodall
“I suppose you could never say never, but my experience would tell me that the most successful players in the world are gonna come from an environment that is more competitive at an early age.” WorldAgeSuccessfulEnvironmentPlayerNever Say Never Author:Andre Agassi
“I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun's energy... If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago.” IfsWarEnergySunSuccessfulDoubtEnvironmentCenturyWeaponsEnvironmentalNo DoubtBeing SuccessfulPollutionEcologyRenewable EnergySave Mother EarthSunbeamsSolar EnergyEco FriendlySolar PowerEnergy ConservationGreen WorldNatural Energy Author:George Porter
“What's wrong with leading the way? We've played that role before, after all. We gave the world the secret ballot... that did so much to raise living standards and improve conditions for workers worldwide. We were a leader in extending to women the right to vote. We were barely a nation when we set the bar for bravery and sacrifice by common soldiers in foreign wars. We grew up out of racism and misogyny and homophobia to become a mostly tolerant, successful multicultural society. We did these great things because we know we are in it together. It is our core value as Australians.” KnowsWorldWayWarTogetherValuesNationsLeadershipCommonSecretLeaderRolesSuccessfulEnvironmentSacrificeConditionsGrewGrew UpRacismStandardsVoteBraveryRaisesWorkersSoldierCoreBarsGreat ThingsMisogynyHomophobiaBallotsExtendingRight To VoteMulticulturalCore ValuesLeading The WayMulticultural Society Author:Geraldine Brooks
“The most successful prostitutes are invisible, because the sign of a prostitute's success is her absolute blending with the environment. She's so shrewd, she never becomes visible. She never gets in trouble. She has command of her life, and her clients.” SuccessfulEnvironmentTroubleAbsolutesInvisibleCommandVisibleClients Author:Camille Paglia
“I think that writers often try too hard in the name of expression, when often it's just a matter of reframing what's around you or republishing a preexisting text into a new environment that makes for a successful work.” ThinkingTryingMatterHardNamesSuccessfulEnvironmentExpressionReframingNew EnvironmentSuccessful Work Author:Kenneth Goldsmith
“My parents came from an environment where everyone knew that the way to be successful was to get a great education, and that was going to be your ticket in life. If you could succeed in education then you would succeed in life, so that was sort of the driving force behind my parents' upbringing, and therefore kind of how they brought me up.” IfsWayKindForceParentBehindsSuccessfulEnvironmentSucceedDrivingBeing SuccessfulTicketsUpbringingGreat EducationDriving Force Author:Michelle Rhee
“Change masters are - literally - the right people in the right place at the right time. The right people are the ones with the ideas that move beyond the organization's established practice, ideas they can form into visions. The right places are the integrative environments that support innovation, encourage the building of coalitions and teams to support and implement visions. The right times are those moments in the flow of organizational history when it is possible to reconstruct reality on the basis on accumulated innovations to shape a more productive and successful future.” PeopleIdeasMomentsRealityMovingFormVisionPracticeSupportSuccessfulEnvironmentTeamBuildingMastersShapesFlowOrganizationBasesInnovationProductiveRight TimeRight PlaceCoalitionsOrganizational Book:Change Masters Source: Change Masters
“Whales have become newly symbolic of real values in a world environment of which man is newly aware. Whales live in families, they play in the moonlight, they talk to one another, and they care for one another in distress. They are awesome and mysterious. In their cold, wet, and forbidding world they are complete and successful. They deserve to be saved, not as potential meatballs, but as a source of encouragement to mankind.” MenWorldRealPlayCareValuesSuccessfulEnvironmentMankindSourceColdDeserveEncouragementSavedMysteriousWetDistressMoonlightSymbolicWhalesReal ValueWorld EnvironmentMeatballs Author:Victor Blanchard Scheffer
“The effectiveness of advertising depends on the amount and kind of product information available to consumers... advertising will be more successful the more impoverished the consumer's information environment.” KindSuccessfulEnvironmentInformationProductsDependsAmountAvailableAdvertisingConsumersEffectiveness Author:Michael Schudson