Daily Quote for 8-31-06
"A fellow with the smallest mind is the one who is usually most willing to give someone a piece of it."
Croft M. Pentz
Daily Quote for 8-30-06
"The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one."
Mark Twain
Daily Quote for 8-29-06
"Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Power of “Unvarnished Truth”
In this day of half-truth, spin, and PR firms there is something powerful about being a leader who tells the truth…even if it isn’t pretty.
The good folks over at Nightingale-Conant have an article up on telling the unvarnished truth. It is a good read. Check it out.
http://www.nightingale.com/advantedge/016/016_unvarnished_truth.pdf
Daily Quote for 8-28-06
"I’ve always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don’t do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results."
Michael Jordan
How they did it
Money Magazine has a nice piece with its introduction reading like this…
"Money Magazine’s Ryan D’Agostino hit the streets in America’s wealthiest zip codes. Knocking on hundreds of doors, he learned the secrets of financial success from those who’ve earned it."
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/whatittakes/
Daily Quote for 8-25-06
People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.
Will Rogers
Do you run a web site?
If so, and you want to help pay for the fees associated with hosting it, give Chitika a try.
It is pay-for-click advertising that displays a product in a category you choose. So, for example, if you do a short write up on your new flat-panel television, you can include an add that looks like […]
How to keep a clean desk
We operate best when we have one thing on our minds. Maximum productivity comes, in part, with a clean desk. If your desk is clean, you can not focus 100% on the task at hand. To use the term of David Allen, we have open loops.
Over at LifeClever they have a good article with 10 […]
Daily Quote for 8-24-06
Well done is better than well said.
Benjamin Franklin