Quotes by Consultants - Page 3

Be confident. Be successful. Bebeautiful. Be intelligent. Be hard working. Be carefree. Be modest.Be driven. Be forgiving. Be creative. Be relaxed. Be motivated. Beeducated. Be thoughtful. Be kind. Be determined. Be good. Just beyou!
Russell Strand
The measures themselves are easily distorted to suit reporting purposes.
John Seddon
It’s not the people you fire who make your life miserable. It’s the people you don’t.
Dick Grote
One of the biggest changes in our society is the shift from prevention to reaction...
Clay Shirky
The basic capabilities of tools like Flickr reverse the old order of group activity, transforming 'gather, then share' into 'share, then gather'.
Clay Shirky
A Wikipedia article is a process, not a product.
Clay Shirky
We worried for decades about WMDs – Weapons of Mass Destruction. Now it is time to worry about a new kind of WMDs – Weapons of Mass Disruption.
John Mariotti
Because Wikipedia is a process, not a product, it replaces guarantees offered by institutions with probabilities supported by process.
Clay Shirky
You can no longer see or identify yourself solely as a member of a tribe, but as a citizen of a nation of one people working toward a common purpose.
Idowu Koyenikan
Most people write me off when they see me.They do not know my story.They say I am just an African.They judge me before they get to know me.What they do not know isThe pride I have in the blood that runs through my veins;The pride I have in my rich culture and the history of my people;The pride I have in my strong family ties and the deep connection to my community;The pride I have in the African music, African art, and African dance;The pride I have in my name and the meaning behind it.Just as my name has meaning, I too will live my life with meaning.So you think I am nothing?Don’t worry about what I am now,For what I will be, I am gradually becoming.I will raise my head high wherever I goBecause of my African pride,And nobody will take that away from me.
Idowu Koyenikan
It is my hope that this book helps those who know and love people with DID: family members, lovers, coworkers, and friends. It is also my hope that those charged with intervening in families in which there is violence will take away a more nuanced approach to their important work, informed by a deeper understanding of trauma.Most of all, I hope that those of you who have DID know that the disorder itself is an incredible survival technique. You should feel proud to have survived. Trauma has had a major impact on my life, as it has on yours, but I’ve learned that my life extends beyond the pain and darkness. Survivors of trauma are full of life, creativity, courage, and love. We are more than the sum of our parts.
Olga Trujillo
Unlike simple stress, trauma changes your view of your life and yourself. It shatters your most basic assumptions about yourself and your world — “Life is good,” “I’m safe,” “People are kind,” “I can trust others,” “The future is likely to be good” — and replaces them with feelings like “The world is dangerous,” “I can’t win,” “I can’t trust other people,” or “There’s no hope.
Mark Goulston
It is only in the dance between chaos and order that life progresses.
Harrison Owen
When Mohamed Ali started calling himself, "I'm the Greatest", he wasn't actually the greatest. This means that you don't need to be successful before you can talk about success or you don't need to be wealthy before you can talk about wealth creation.Saying positive things on your dreams is the first step of experiencing success in real life.
Oscar Bimpong
Yes, we will get hurt. Our hearts will break, and if we are lucky they will break open. When they do, we can begin to experience ourselves, relationships—indeed all of life—in a deeper, richer, and more meaningful way.
Randy Siegel
Most breakups are awful. But with compassion, attention, introspection, and intention they can become transforming, bringing you closer to alignment with your true self while preparing you for the next great adventure.
Randy Siegel
Once bitten, twice shy, thrice shame on me!
Gary Patton
How can you make efficiency a habit, and an enjoyable one at that?
Mani S. Sivasubramanian
Sometimes, to have fun, you've got to be willing to take a chance - and even be frightened!
Mani S. Sivasubramanian
Five minutes in an old book quickly reveals that most of what is being sold today as new insights into human behavior is merely the rediscovery of knowledge we have had for centuries.
Roy H. Williams
The first step to success in any business is to ask your customers what they want.
Kevin Stirtz
To create growth in business, you must control your branding, marketing, and lead generation.
Edwin Dearborn
The first step in persuasion is to entice your target to imagine doing the thing you want them to do.
Roy H. Williams
The best ads are about the customer and how the product will change his life.
Roy H. Williams
Referring to an event in an untold story is a powerful technique rarely used.
Roy H. Williams
Rescuing people from the results of their own foolishness is really what customers service is all about. Customers rarely obey the rules. They expect you to rescue them whenever they do something stupid. Will you be a “rescuer,” known far and wide for customer service, or will you steadfastly insist that your customers follow the proper procedures?
Roy H. Williams
People in business are uniquely unqualified to see their own companies and product objectively. Too much product knowledge causes them to instinctively answer questions no one is asking.
Roy H. Williams
No trade will be made unless they want the thing more than they want their money.
Roy H. Williams
People don't trade money for things when they value their money more highly than they value the things.
Roy H. Williams
Sharing the same exact content, message or advertisements over and over again only showcases your limited content and a serious lack of depth in your message.
Loren Weisman
If you are saying the same thing as everyone else, then why would and why should anyone think you are different from everyone else?
Loren Weisman
Projects become complex because we try to solve it alone. Use your working relationships to help you problem solve. Your solution may be as easy as asking your online community for help and direction.
Lisa A. Mininni
For your own professionalism, reputation & appearance, it really is ok to NOT post every #video, picture, event or show on social media.On the contrary, holding back, waiting or not posting certain things all together can help much more than hurt.
Loren Weisman
Our social tools are not an improvement to modern society, they are a challenge to it.
Clay Shirky
Truth doesn’t need to be defended. Truth just is.
Dragos Bratasanu
Many times, the thought of fear itself is greater than what it is we fear.
Idowu Koyenikan
We have tools at our disposal to use or not to use…it’s a choice.
Lisa A. Mininni
When you deliver information the way the other person wants to receive it, you increase your bottom line.
Lisa A. Mininni
Clear mind + clear plan = clear outcomes.
Lisa A. Mininni
Marry your offline and online systems. So when you meet someone in person, make sure to connect with them online, too!
Lisa A. Mininni
Only Getting the A and Z with out the B through Y, leaves you SOL.
Loren Weisman
Artists of today can be inspired by the past, but they have to apply present methods if they want a future in music.
Loren Weisman
Do not assume that people are seeing you. The more you can clarify, optimize, and engage your fans and strangers with branded marketing and merchandise, the better chance you have of being seen and then heard.
Loren Weisman
Your lack of attention to detail is why no one is paying attention to you.‪‎Professionalism‬, ‪Communication‬ & Follow Through Builds Real Success.
Loren Weisman
Success Is Hidden Behind All The Things You " Must" Do
Marieke Stoop
Express Your Appreciation To Your Employees. Do Not Think They Already Know, Cause They Don't
Marieke Stoop
In simple terms, the success of a business is calculated in numbers. The more you expose your ideologies, products and services to the world, the more you are likely to get potential clients. Hence expose your business to the world now and build an audience that will lead to potential buyers.
Oscar Bimpong
Strategy is about out-thinking your competition. Mark Zuckerberg, while at Harvard, built a website called Facemash ‘for fun’. Even today, Facebook believe that ‘done is better than perfect’.
Max McKeown
Brilliant strategy is the best route to desirable ends with available means.
Max McKeown
Doing nothing requires effort. Over time, that effort is greater than the effort necessary to improve, or move somewhere better. The trick is to redirect energy.
Max McKeown
Adaptability is about the powerful difference between adapting to cope and adapting to win.
Max McKeown
A great strategy meeting is a meeting of minds.
Max McKeown
A good strategy with a bad implementation is a bad strategy
Gary Hamel
Strategy is about heading North while keeping an eye on the South.
Dr. Asoka Jinadasa
Someone once told me that, when your operations are not good, you should not talk strategy," says Iyer. "Fair enough. But the opposite is also true. If operations are good, then you must talk strategy.
Martha Heller
The Sun Tzu School (which wrote the Art of War) surely never imagined that their antiwar, pro-empire treatise would become known and accepted after the fall of the first empire as a text on military tactics. Likewise, they would have been surprised to see the Ping-fa military metaphor—an inspired teaching device—come to be seen as the message and not the medium.
David G. Jones
I don’t think anyone ever gets completely used to conflict. If it’s not a little uncomfortable, then it’s not real. The key is to keep doing it anyway
Patrick Lencioni
conflict is productive
Patrick Lencioni
Imitation is the highest form of flattery. Try not to see it as an invitation to compete.
Andrena Sawyer
Conflict can be healthy within a collaborative group, as long as everyone sticks to the issues and things don't get personal.
Eunice Parisi-Carew