Insightful Quotes - Page 18

• If you look for the best in your employees, they'll flourish. If you criticize or look for the worst, they'll shrivel up. We all need lots of watering.

  Richard Branson

  Needs, Looks, Employee

  "Richard Branson: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• The reasons why executives are scared of social selling are well documented. That being said, there are some hugely successful global business leaders using social selling tactics incredibly well - some of which even admit they could not operate without it!

  Bruce Rasmussen

  Successful, Leader, Tactics

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• Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Change, Inspiring, Wise

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• He who guards his secrets retains control in his own hands

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Hands, Secret, Selling

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• Contentment is a wealth that is never exhausted

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Contentment, Exhausted, Wealth

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• Vanity prevents improvement

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Vanity, Improvement, Selling

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• Be afraid of a dignified man when he is hungry and a wicked man when his belly is full.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Men, Wicked, Hungry

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• The outcome of fear is disappointment and shyness is frustration.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Disappointment, Frustration, Outcomes

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• Whoever educates himself and improves his own morals & character is superior to the man who tries to teach & train others.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Character, Men, Trying

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• They say the shoe can always fit, no matter whose foot it's on. These days feel like I'm squeezing in 'em. Who ever wore 'em before just wasn't thinking big enough, I'm about to leave 'em with 'em

  Drake

  Thinking, Shoes, Feet

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• The costs savings was a big win, but now we also have a schedule of events and are clearly aware of when our contracts begin and end...we are much more strategic about how we source now.

  Jason Kennedy

  Winning, Events, Saving

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• In the 10 or so years since e-sourcing technology first made its way into grocers' procurement departments, the results secured have been remarkable: frequent double-digit savings in both direct and indirect categories, new process efficiencies, higher procurement contract compliance, dramatically lower savings leakage - and the list goes on.

  Steve Whiteman

  Technology, Years, Way

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• The results speak for themselves: Businesses that competitively sourced service contracts saved an average of about 22 percent. Even more impressive - nearly every e-auction delivered cost savings.

  Brian Miller

  Average, Auctions, Saving

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• It's a great opportunity to lower costs without sacrificing quality. If a retailer is not leveraging this capability, they are certainly missing something.

  Marc Chandler

  Sacrifice, Opportunity, Missing

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• The company calls it 'downsizing' or 'rightsizing.' My own informal "Name the Layoff" contest produced some other euphemisms: Retroactive Hiring Freeze, Resume Revision Days, Amway Opportunity Time, and Corporation Lite.

  Dale Dauten

  Opportunity, Names, Marketing

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• In this remarkable time for the world, I refuse to believe it's time to stop believing in the possibilities of our remarkable country. I refuse to accept the downsizing of the American Dream. I refuse to bet against American entrepreneurial spirit and American ingenuity.The competition's tough, and it requires us to be tougher - tough-minded, never hard hearted.

  John F. Kerry

  Dream, Country, Believe

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• Why are CEO's who slash jobs so proud of themselves? Instead of bragging about 'cutting fat,' they ought to be getting up before their employees and saying, We did such a lousy job of planning and hiring that we have more people than work. And we are so broke and so dim-witted that we can't come up with any way to get more work. So our only solution is to send a lot of good people home. I am ashamed and I am sorry.

  Dale Dauten

  Jobs, Sorry, Home

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• Then, in the 1980's, came the paroxysm of downsizing, and the very nature of the corporation was thrown into doubt. In what began almost as a fad and quickly matured into an unshakable habit, companies were 'restructuring,' 'reengineering,' and generally cutting as many jobs as possible, white collar as well as blue . . . The New York Times captured the new corporate order succinctly in 1987, reporting that... 'All such allegiances are viewed as expendable under the new rules. With survival at stake, only market leadership, strong profits and a high stock price can be allowed to matter'.

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Strong, Jobs, New York

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• I think re-engineering or restructuring or downsizing or rightsizing or whatever you want to call it, it's basically firing, has gone way too far. Employees, as I've talked to them across the country, feel that they are not respected, they are not valued, they are worried about their jobs. They simply feel that the company is no longer loyal to them. Why should they be loyal to the company, they ask me. Why should I go the extra mile? Why should I care?

  Robert Reich

  Country, Jobs, Business

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• Don’t just create content to get credit for being clever — create content that will be helpful, insightful, or interesting for your target audience.

  David Ogilvy

  Clever, Target Audience, Interesting

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• Now, they say that New Zealand is beautiful and I do not know -- because after 22 hours on a plane any landmass would be beautiful.

  Lewis Black

  Funny, Beautiful, Travel

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• World Screen provides clear, insightful reporting on the most critical and complex issues of our industry. It combines local savvy with a global perspective, and it is an important source of information.

  Gustavo Cisneros

  Issues, Perspective, Important

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• In Land of Milk and Money, Anthony Barcellos mines rich family history to create a full-blooded tale that readers will find insightful, rewarding, and entertaining.

  John Lescroart

  Land, Rich Family, Milk

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• You do not merely want to be considered just the best of the best.  You want to be considered the only one who does what you do.

  Jerry Garcia

  Motivational, Work, Doe

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• Empathically accurate perceivers are those who are consistently good at 'reading' other people's thoughts and feelings. All else being equal, they are likely to be the most tactful advisors, the most diplomatic officials, the most effective negotiators, the most electable politicians, the most productive salespersons, the most successful teachers, and the most insightful therapists.

  William Ickes

  Teacher, Reading, Successful

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