Как мало надо человеку, чтобы почувствовать себя счастливым, и как много, чтобы не чувстовать себя несчастным! (В.Туровский)

Focus on the present

Understanding what drives another person - what wakes him up in the morning, what he's after in life - is crytical to forming a mutually productive relationship. You have to understand the needs and goals of your partner before you can fulfill them. --Bradley S.Jacobs.

If you can't write your strategy or idea on th back of a business card, it's too complex to execute. -- Keith Reinhard, chairman of DDB.

Sometimes nothing needs to be said.

If you walk with the lame, you will learn to limp.

"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.)

Know where you're going, and others will follow --Donald Trump

"The man with the plan leads the way." (Paul R.Gudonis)

"На штык можно опереться, а сесть нельзя". (Талейран)

Keep it fresh --Donald Trump.

"If you have stale merchandise, sell it today regardless of price, because tomorrow it will be worth less". (Allan Greenberg, Chairman of The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc).

The stars can't shine until the sun goes down

"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)

"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).

Forget all about marketing staff. Worry about the people you hire. Focus no getting the right people in the right place on your team, and the rest will follow. (James P.Evans, CEO of Jenny Craig, Inc.).

Downsize your ego. "Shaw me a person smarter than me, and I'll hire them.

Prior planning prevents poor performance

People will do what you meaure and review. If you review it, they will do it.

Don't worry about things you can't control and stay focused on what you can.

Accept, change, or leave.

The only currency that has finit limits is time - so spend it wisely (Thomas F.Darden, Chairman of Quicksilver Resources)

Let the market drive what you do.

Perform well above and beyond expectations.

"If we focus on satisfying our customers and take care of the top linke of our business, the botom linke will always follow." (Jim Cantalupo, Chairman and CEO of McDonald's Corporation).

Bet on people, not strategies -- Donuld Trump

During an upturn, prepare for the downturn.

"Strange as it sounds, the best business advice I ever received wasn't about how to make money - but how to give it away." (Marc Benioff, Chairman and CEO of salesforce.com)

"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)

"Do you realize, that you have neve heard anything, from anyone, that you did not want to hear? Pretty tricky of you." (Mike Dooley, 'Notes from the Universe', 37)

"Your \"challenges\" are simply the manifestation of your so-called invisible, limiting beleifs. No so invisible after all, eh?" (Mike Dooley, 'Notes from the Universe', 36)

"Just how much time do you spend thinking big? I mean really, _really_ BIG? - Good, very good! Because that's exactly how much of "it" you're going to get! What a coincidence." (Mike Dooley, 'Notes from the Universe',35).

"There isn't a soal on this planet who doesn't crave for your approval." (Mike Dooley, 'Notes from the Universe', 34)

"The root of every "evil" is looking to time and space for meaning, for solutions, for identity; for friends, love, and laughter; wealth, health, and harmony. (Mike Dooley, 'Notes from the Universe', 29)

Do you realize that the Universe cannot have, do, and be more ... unless yo have, do, and be more? Want it all. (Mike Dooley, 'Notes from the Universe', 19)

""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')

"First arouse in the other person an eager want. He who can do this has the whole world with him. He who cannot walks a lonely way." - Dale Carnegie.

Уступай по мелочам. Дерись за важное. (мама)

If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from his angle as well as from your own." - Dale Carnegie