February 2012
52 posts
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”
– Albert Einstein
“You can’t shuffle your way on to the next S-curve. You have to leap. You have to...”
– Gary Hamel, The Future of Management
“You either lead by example or you don’t lead at all.”
– James Kouzes + Barry Posner, The Leadership Challenge
My Heart Hurts
Usually I’m fine. Better than fine.
Other times I lie awake and just think about the last year and let the tears roll slowly down my face.
You don’t realize just how much you need someone until you lose them.
Most people in my life wouldn’t even know I have moments like this.
I miss you Mom.
Roy: Jen, you don’t need to be a geek to know that you need a browser to access the internet!
Jen: Yes, because as soon as you know something like that, it pushes out something important and before you know it, you’re painting little figurines from Lord of The Rings.
"Bad Boys." IT Crowd. S4E5.
Shawn: [after describing his plan to Gus] ... and Bingo!
Gus: Don't say bingo, you know how much I hate it when you say that.
Shawn: Ok, fine... Yahtzee?
Gus: We are not doing this, Shawn.
Shawn: Mah-Jong!
"Woman Seeking Dead Husband: Smokers Okay, No Pets." Psych. S1E4.
“The book you don’t read won’t help.”
– Jim Rohn
“We cannot become what we want to be by remaining what we are.”
– Max Depree
“Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.”
– Victor Kiam
“If you risk nothing, then you risk everything.”
– Geena Davis
“Imagine no limitations; decide what’s right and desirable before you decide...”
– Brian Tracy
“You can plan and strategize all you want but success is all about the follow...”
– Heather Frey (@SmashFit)
“In a perfect universe someone has to be you.”
– Byron Katie
“Our love affair with best practices is dragging us down, and we need a new...”
– Jamie Notter (@jamienotter) + Maddie Grant (@maddiegrant), Humanize
“When we change the way we communicate, we change society.”
– Clay Shirky
“Often where we feel we belong is the place that honors our quirks and humanity...”
– Reese Spykerman (@reese)
“Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to survive. Fate,...”
– Morpheus, in The Matrix, 1999
“Be courageous enough to be radically different. But don’t be different to be...”
– Reese Spykerman (@reese)
“Successful leaders see the opportunities in every difficulty rather than the...”
– Reed Markham
“As long as we remain self-aware and make sure everyone’s needs are met, we...”
– Helen Kim (@helenkim)
“People who make history and truly influence people are those who don’t...”
– Tara Hunt (@missrogue)
Bethany: You're going to need another suitcase for all those shoes.
Me: Why do you think I have a carry-on?
Bethany: I should've known.
“I never knew a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else.”
– Benjamin Franklin
“Success is not a secret that is hidden from you. Success is a habit that is...”
– Ralph Marston
“Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.”
– Booker T Washington
“What lies beyond you & what lies before you are tiny matters when compared...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“It’s never crowded along the extra mile.”
– Wayne Dyer
“Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most...”
– Paulo Coelho
“When the sale becomes about price, it is because the organization has failed to...”
– Mike Humphreys
“Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.”
– Morihei Ueshiba
“If you’re going to doubt something, doubt your own limits.”
– Don Ward
“I’ve learned that opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones...”
– Andy Rooney
“Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.”
– Melissa Stewart (@melissaonline)
“If you want to explain how an organization operates, go assess its culture.”
– Mike Humphreys
“Art has always been the raft onto which we climb to save our sanity. I don’t see...”
– Dorothea Tanning
“Self-control means stronger motivation: a desire to do the best rather than just...”
– Peter Drucker
“There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity...”
– N. V. Peale
“If you never did, you should. These things are fun, and fun is good.”
– Dr. Suess
“In every critic there is an opportunity to create a strong advocate for your...”
– Tara Hunt (@missrogue)
“You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.”
– Dale Carnegie
“Customer service is the best form of marketing.”
– Thor Muller, Cofounder of Internet start-up Satisfaction
“The freedom of speech is meaningless unless it means the freedom of the person...”
– Rosa Luxemburg
“Don’t let your happiness depend on something you may lose.”
– C.S. Lewis 