“Running a multi-million dollar business can be frustrating at times, especially when someone does something I am not happy with. It might not even be their fault, but it is human nature to reach in an angry or heated way. However, I have learned an important and effective lesson. Rather than complain to my member of staff about their actions, I search my memory bank for things I find wonderful about them. This changes the energy around the issue instantly. People tend to live up to what you expect of them.” PeopleWayHumansDoeImportantMightRunningActionEnergyMemoriesMillionsIssuesWonderfulHuman NatureLessonsMembersAngryDollarsFaultsComplainingI Have LearnedStaffFrustratingMillion DollarsNot Happy Author:Vishen Lakhiani
“Men's consciences ought in no sort to be violated, urged, or constrained. And whenever men have attempted any thing by this violent course, whether openly or by secret means, the issue has been pernicious, and the cause of great and wonderful innovations in the principallest and mightiest kingdoms and countries.” MenMeanHas BeensCountryCoursesCausesSecretIssuesWonderfulOughtConscienceInnovationViolentKingdomsPernicious Author:Roger Williams
“The Hawk and the Dove is a wonderful idea for a book, wonderfully carried out. Nicholas Thompson has used illuminating new material to present each of his protagonists in a convincing, respectful, but unsparing way. Even more valuable, he has used the interactions and tensions between Paul Nitze and George Kennan to bring much of American 20th century foreign policy to life, with human richness ever present but with the big issues clear in all their complexity.” WayHumansBookIdeasBigsUsedIssuesClearWonderfulCenturyPolicyMaterialsValuableTensionComplexityForeign PolicyInteraction20th CenturyConvincingRichnessRespectfulDoveHawksProtagonistsIlluminating Author:James Fallows
“Analytical philosophy was very interesting. It always struck me as being very interesting and full of tremendous intellectual curiosities. It is wonderful to see the mind at work in such an intense manner, but, for me, it was still too far removed from my own issues.” MindStillsPhilosophyMy OwnInterestingIssuesWonderfulIntellectualCuriosityIntenseVery InterestingIntellectual Curiosity Author:Joseph Conrad
“Alberto Alessi had asked a dozen architects to design a sterling silver tea service - with a teapot, a coffee pot, sugar, creamer, a spoon, and a tray. Our brief was that it didn't matter if it didn't work and cost wasn't the issue. It was a promotional project, not a commercial enterprise, and was going to be showcased in museums. And the coffee and tea piazza, as mine was called, received a great response. It was wonderful to walk into the Whitney museum and see all these objects on the first floor.” IfsFirstsMatterWalksIssuesWonderfulDesignObjectsMinesCostProjectsResponseCoffeeTeaEnterpriseSilverMuseumsPotArchitectSugarDozenSpoonsWhitneySterlingTraysTeapotsCoffee And Tea Author:Michael Graves
“TV commercials make parenting look like there are going to be good days and bad days - like, it'll be this gentle wave, like you'll have a blissed-out, really wonderful day or two, and then, you know, then you'll have an issue. And what parenting is, is kind of earthquake.” KnowsLooksKindTwoIssuesWonderfulTvsLike YouWaveBe GoodGentleGood DayBad DayEarthquakesWonderful DayTv CommercialGood Days And Bad Days Author:Dan Savage
“Certainly anyone who comes to faith in Christ has a new heart and they have an opportunity for new life and that's a wonderful thing. But it doesn't say anywhere in that passage that the people didn't still struggle with temptation or that they never fell prey to that sin again whether it was the issue of homosexuality or any of the other things that are listed there.” PeopleHeartStillsOpportunityChristSinStruggleIssuesWonderfulTemptationPassagesHomosexualityNew LifeWonderful ThingsPrey Author:Alan Chambers
“I don't know whether I can say that having a career in philosophy has turned out as I imagined, since in many ways I had little idea of what such a life would be like. But philosophy is still tremendously exciting to me, and the opportunity to think, and talk, and write about these issues has been wonderful.” ThinkingKnowsWayWritingLittlesHas BeensStillsI CanIdeasPhilosophyWould BeOpportunityCareersIssuesWonderfulExciting Author:Hilary Kornblith