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By Rajesh Setty on Sat 03 Dec 2005, 4:00 PM - Leave Comment
Jim Rohn said that success is measurable progress in reasonable time. This quote extends it a bit and reminds us that it’s important to move in the right direction.
“I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. We must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it — but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor”
- Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)
Thanks to my friend Mukundan for sharing this quote.
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By Rajesh Setty on Tue 22 Nov 2005, 9:44 AM - Leave Comment
Picked this up from Sandhill.com’s
newsletter (by MR). None of us have unlimited resources. This little
quote reminds us that what we need is a way of making the most of these
limited resources to succeed.
“Strategy is about stretching limited resources to fit ambitious aspirations”
– C. K. Prahlad, co-author of Competing for the Future
and many more books
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By Rajesh Setty on Thu 17 Nov 2005, 3:27 PM - Leave Comment
I got this from Navin Nagiah who took over my job as the CEO of CIGNEX a few months ago.
This little quote will explain the need to develop the power to watch the trends, anticipate and act accordingly.
“
I skate to where the puck is going to be”
- Wayne Gretzky
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By Rajesh Setty on Tue 15 Nov 2005, 6:41 AM - Leave Comment
If you are looking for inspiration, I guess you will find it everywhere. I was having coffee at Starbucks yesterday morning and found this little quote on a coffee cup.
“
The humble improve“
- Wynton Marsalis, Jazz musician
While humility is not the only characteristic that will help someone
improve, I have to say I agree with Wynton. If you lack humility,
chances are that you think that you don’t need help and may not be OPEN
to learning new things which in turn will limit your growth.
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By Rajesh Setty on Mon 24 Oct 2005, 6:00 AM - Leave Comment
Planning is important but without timely execution, no plan will make sense.
“A good plan violently executed today, is far and away better than a perfect plan tomorrow”
- General George S. Patton
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By Rajesh Setty on Wed 12 Oct 2005, 11:46 PM - Leave Comment
It is no secret that in order to succeed in the long run you have to think long term. This little quote reminds us just that.
“The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining”
- John F. Kennedy
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By Rajesh Setty on Sun 09 Oct 2005, 9:05 AM - Leave Comment
We are smart people and we know that it is a statistical impossibility that we win
on everything that we put our hands on. However, when we lose on
something, we are dis-heartened and sadly, many times when we win on
something, we compare ourselves to others that we have win bigger and
stop celebrating our victories.
[ Please take a look at: Celebrate small victories ]
This little quote reminds us of the importatance of continuing to try
“It doesn’t matter if you try and try and try again, and fail. It does matter if you try and fail, and fail to try again”
- Charles Kettering
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By Rajesh Setty on Wed 21 Sep 2005, 10:08 PM - Leave Comment
This is a second time in one month that I am borrowing a quote from Mauri Schwartz of CareerInsiders.com. I wrote about Facade Diff a few days ago. This quote from Socrates summarizes my rant in one simple sentence. Here it is..
“The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear”
- Socrates
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By Rajesh Setty on Sun 18 Sep 2005, 9:13 PM - Leave Comment
Money is important without a doubt but there are other things equally
or more important than money. Here is a beautiful quote from Garth
Brooks.
“You aren’t wealthy until you have something that money can’t buy”
- Garth Brooks
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By Rajesh Setty on Tue 13 Sep 2005, 3:32 AM - Leave Comment
Thanks Chaim for sending this.
Just because you can do something, please don’t do it. Activity is not
equal to productivity. Many times we get carried away with
organizational change initiatives without fully understanding why
something is in it’s current form.
“Don’t ever take a fence down before you know why it was put up.”
- Robert Frost
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