Montag, 29. November 2010
Sonntag, 10. Oktober 2010
Sonntag, 3. Oktober 2010
"What if you did have the power, the reach, and the glory? What if you were given dominion over all things? And what if eternity lay before you , brimming with love, friends, and laughter? Yet still, one day, in all your radiance, bubbling over with giddy excitement, you tripped, fell, and got hurt. Really badly hurt. Would you hate yourself? Would you give up on your dreams? Would you forget about your power, your reach, and the glory? Oh, come now ..." (Mike Dooley, Notes From The Universe, p64)
Samstag, 2. Oktober 2010
Freitag, 24. September 2010
"When you look into the mirror each morning, do you apply your makeup or shaving cream to your reflection in the glass? Ha! Of course not; you'd be locked up. Instead, you go to the source of the reflection. So then, when it comes to living life of your derams, the same philosophy should apply. Why try to manipulate the illusions of time and space when you can go to their source, the inner world of your own thoughts, beliefs, and expectations, where the real work is done anyway." (Mike Dooley, Notes from the Universe, p.54).
Mittwoch, 22. September 2010
"If you only knew, just how incredily wel everything is going to turn out, for you and those close to you, right now you'd likely feel light as a feather, free as the wind, happy, confident, giddy. Whoops, kind of let the cat out of the bag there. Well, now you know." (Mike Dooley, Notes from the Universe, p.51)
Dienstag, 21. September 2010
Sonntag, 19. September 2010
Mittwoch, 28. Juli 2010
dogs love getting told what to do.
"Have you ever stopped to think why dogs love humans so much? No, it's not because their owners take them to the groomers every six weeks and occasionally pick up what they leave behind on the sidewalk. It's because dogs love getting told what to do. It gives them a reason to live. (This is particularly important since so many of them are out of work - spayed or neutered, which means they've been laid off from their job as reproducers of new generations of canines. Also, with a few exceptions, there isn't much call for their wired-in jobs, like sniffing out rodents.) As a human, you're the leader of the pack and you're telling the dogs how they should behave. Following your orders is their passion. And they like it.
Unfortunately, that's how humans are built, too. People want to have somebody tell them what to do. It's in our kernel. Any social animal has to be that way.
It doesn't mean you're subservient. It just means that you are likely to go along with others when they tell you what to do.
Then there are people with individual ideas, folks who have convictions in certain areas to the degree that they say, "No, I won't go along." And these people become leaders. It's easy to become a leader. (I has to be. I became one, right?) Then, other people who don't have convictions in those areas are more than happy to leat these leaders make their decisions for them and tell them what to do.
It's absolutely the right of any human being to do what they're told by someone they choose as a leader. I'm not arguing against that, although I find that part depressing. However, what I find to be unacceptable is when people, either leaders or followers, then try to impose their own world views on others. That''s not just depressing - it's scary. It's depressing that people will then want to impose their followingness - if that's a word on others, including me." (Linus Torvalds)
Unfortunately, that's how humans are built, too. People want to have somebody tell them what to do. It's in our kernel. Any social animal has to be that way.
It doesn't mean you're subservient. It just means that you are likely to go along with others when they tell you what to do.
Then there are people with individual ideas, folks who have convictions in certain areas to the degree that they say, "No, I won't go along." And these people become leaders. It's easy to become a leader. (I has to be. I became one, right?) Then, other people who don't have convictions in those areas are more than happy to leat these leaders make their decisions for them and tell them what to do.
It's absolutely the right of any human being to do what they're told by someone they choose as a leader. I'm not arguing against that, although I find that part depressing. However, what I find to be unacceptable is when people, either leaders or followers, then try to impose their own world views on others. That''s not just depressing - it's scary. It's depressing that people will then want to impose their followingness - if that's a word on others, including me." (Linus Torvalds)
Mittwoch, 21. Juli 2010
Dienstag, 20. Juli 2010
"Never take a job just for the money, for soon, like every living organism, you'll live beyond your means and you'll probably be miserable in your job. Always strive to take a job doing something you truly love to do. If it's money you seek, it will come to you in barrels-full, because if you love what you do, you'll no doubt do it very well and folks who want to best will beat your door down to employ you." --Garner Allen Mabry.
Montag, 19. Juli 2010
Freitag, 16. Juli 2010
"I did learn fairly early that the best and most effective way to lead is by letting people do things because the _want_ to do them, not because you want them to. The best leaders also know when they are wrong, and are capable of pulling themselves out. And the best leaders enable others to make decisions for them." - Linus Torvalds 'Just for fun', p 121.
Dienstag, 13. Juli 2010
Dienstag, 6. Juli 2010
If you have value, charge for it. ..
Whether you run a small private business or a large corporation, the words _no_ and _free_ impact success every day.
_No_ is the best word in the business vocabulary. If you are not willing to say n to bad business, no to poor deals, and no t poor retruns on order to focus on better opportunitios, you cannot win. Your bandwidth will be sperad too thin, and losing or dying program will take up more time and assets than dynamic, developing opportunities. It is amazing how few people can deliver a sustainable _no_ and move on to successful investments.
_Free_ is the worst word in business. Free offers, free samples, free trials - all have the value that the customer paid - zero. Huge amounts of investment, resources, and assets are spent on items that offer a low value for the customer. If you have value, charge for it. If the value can't be sold, you either have poor salespeople and approaches or you really don't have the value you think you have. (William T.Monahan, chairman and CEO of Imation Corporation)
_No_ is the best word in the business vocabulary. If you are not willing to say n to bad business, no to poor deals, and no t poor retruns on order to focus on better opportunitios, you cannot win. Your bandwidth will be sperad too thin, and losing or dying program will take up more time and assets than dynamic, developing opportunities. It is amazing how few people can deliver a sustainable _no_ and move on to successful investments.
_Free_ is the worst word in business. Free offers, free samples, free trials - all have the value that the customer paid - zero. Huge amounts of investment, resources, and assets are spent on items that offer a low value for the customer. If you have value, charge for it. If the value can't be sold, you either have poor salespeople and approaches or you really don't have the value you think you have. (William T.Monahan, chairman and CEO of Imation Corporation)
Dienstag, 29. Juni 2010
Sonntag, 27. Juni 2010
Dienstag, 22. Juni 2010
Montag, 21. Juni 2010
"While iti is difficulst to distill lessons learned down to "the best," I do believe that among the most important advice I ever received was the need to think like a good journalist. In other words, before you take a position or make a decision, gather information and different perspectives. Don't be afraid to ask questions or say you don't know. Run meetings in a way in which you ask each person to offer her or his point of view. Try ot get everybody ot think about and irticulate the advantages asd disadvantages of a course of action. I find that doing things that way has greatly improved the quality of my decision making." (Christie Hefner, Chairman and CEO of playboy Enterprises, Inc.)
Sonntag, 20. Juni 2010
Samstag, 19. Juni 2010
"Don't ekpect a profit for the first five years. This idea has helped me relax and let my investment in my business grow over time. FIance gurus often suggest letting investments sit for five years before evaluating whether to abandon them and the same has been true for my business. I have been a sole proprietor for over six years and I have found that most of my business growth has come in the last two years. I have also seen my word-of-mouth referrals increase three-fold during the last two years, which tells me that the "Five-year rule" applies to businness as well as investments." (Kristina Gobble, President of EMK Design)
Freitag, 18. Juni 2010
"When I visited Taiwan years ago, the person taking me around town was introduced to me as a chauffeur. Nonetheless, I enjoyed his company very much and I was very pleasant with him. Than evening, through a more skilled translator, I discovered that he was actually the owner of the company I had visited. That was the beginning of a great business relationship, and a great illistration of the best business advice I have ever received: whenever you meet somebody, whatever his or her position may be, be gracious and friendly because you never know." (George G.Gellert, Chairman of Atlanta Corporation).
Dienstag, 15. Juni 2010
Sonntag, 13. Juni 2010
Samstag, 12. Juni 2010
Freitag, 11. Juni 2010
"If there is any advice that I wish I had gotten, it would have been this: be passionate about your work because it will makey your life so much more enjoyable in the long run. Don't do anything just because it will makey you a lot of money. Most of all, listen to your heart and your mind and they will guide you in the right direction." (Diane N.Bark)
Dienstag, 8. Juni 2010
Freitag, 4. Juni 2010
""Action springs out of of what we fundamentally desire ... and the best piece of advice which can be given to would-be persuaders, whether in business, in the home, in the school, in poliics, is: first arouse in the other an eager want. He who can do this has the whole world with him. He who cannot walkes a lonely way!" (Harry Overstreet 'Influencing human behavior')
Mittwoch, 5. Mai 2010
Montag, 26. April 2010
Donnerstag, 1. April 2010
Montag, 29. März 2010
Sonntag, 28. Februar 2010
Dienstag, 2. Februar 2010
Mittwoch, 13. Januar 2010
control the source. "Open source builds a new intellectual property regime centered on the source of code, not source code. Protection, in other words, shifts to "owning" the code creator, rather than the product she creates." Matthew N.Asay
"Open source builds a new intellectual property regime centered on the source of code, not source code. Protection, in other words, shifts to "owning" the code creator, rather than the product she creates." Matthew N.Asay
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