Quotes #18: Meyer, Dodge, Yablon, Emerson, Williams, Bersoff, Geist, Deal, Langer, Gillen, Newton, Lonier
Reframing the problem from a boss-employee situation to a work-group issue can be surprisingly effective. --Christopher Meyer
All your human resources classes are about motivating employees, goal setting and things like that. But how do you recognize a bad decision, kill it, bite your tongue and move on? You've got to be able to make decisions quickly, find out, and get out of them quickly. They teach you a lot about how to be a success but not what to do when something goes wrong --when you fail, which you are going to do. --Art Dodge
Contrary to what some people claim, the tax laws have a lot of respect for logic. They use it so sparingly. --Jeffery Yablon
The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons. --Ralph Waldo Emerson
Fluid intelligence, or the ability to know how to do something, is growing while crystallized intelligence, the possession of information, is decreasing. --Wendy Williams
I don't believe people are bad. But certain situations play on their weaknesses and lead them to do bad things. I think that is the whole nature of temptation. --David Bersoff
You can't fix what you don't know. --Sam Geist
Apathy is habit forming. --Jack D. Deal
We should be teaching how to think flexibly, to be mindful of all the different possiblities of every situation and not close off from information that could help. Ellen Langer
People who are happy with their jobs aren't nearly as passionate about their situation as those who are frustrated. --Al Gillen
You need one charismatic leader with fire in his belly. The team counts, but the leader is key. --Harry Newton
This simple question can eliminate any hesitation about delegation. Ask yourself: "Can anyone else do this task besides me?" If the answer is yes, delegate it. Save your time and energy for the activities that only you can do. --Terri Lonier
