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a) Select one item today
b) Implement of the tips tomorrow
c) Choose your next one
Insights
"It’s not a lack of time, but a lack of prioritization that prevents people from reaching their goals.""You have to be able to make good decisions with Small Data before thinking about Big Data - otherwise the collection and processing of huge amount of data is going to suck all the money out of your company and leave you with no decent return on investment."
"You must have good input in order to generate excellent output. Thus, I probably spend more hours reading, studying, researching, thinking, preparing and rehearsing than I do training, consulting and coaching."
Inspiration
When you are having a "bad day": Always remember that there are people who would love to have your "bad days"."In order to make progress, one must leave the door to the unknown ajar."
- Richard Feynman -
"Whatever you can do or dream, begin it - Boldness has genius, power and magic in it."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -
"All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone."
- Blaise Pascal - (According to Pascal, we fear the silence of existence, we dread boredom and instead choose aimless distraction and run into the false comforts of the mind.)
"The trouble is if you don’t spend your life yourself, other people spend it for you."
- Peter Shaffer -
"Of all the things that truly matter, getting more things done is not one of them."
- Mike Dooley -
"Of all the things that truly matter, getting more things done is not one of them."
- Mike Dooley -
"Meaningless Mission Statements: Unfortunately, these efforts are usually fruitless"
- Mark Thompson -
(More: https://marklthompson.com/10-deadly-sins-corporate-strategy/#)
"We can’t learn anything from experiences we’re not having."
- Louis L’Amour -
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working."
― Pablo Picasso ―
"Keep in mind how fast things pass by and are gone – those that are now and those to come. Existence flows past us like a river."
― Marcus Aurelius ―
