Quotes about bus
business moving climate
We are quite convinced that if he were alive today, as an astute businessman looking out to the future, he would be moving out of fossil fuels and investing in clean, renewable energy. John D. Rockefeller
business oil up-early
The secret of success is to get up early, work late and strike oil. John D. Rockefeller
business responsibility singleness-of-purpose
Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing. John D. Rockefeller
business ethics economics
Economics and ethics are not mutually exclusive. Lionel Tiger
business men organization
Corporations are social organizations, the theater in which men and women realize or fail to realize purposeful and productive lives. Lester Bangs
business boss trying
I have learned that trying to guess what the boss or the client wants is the most debilitating of all influences in the creation of good advertising. Leo Burnett
business people advertising
Advertising says to people, 'Here's what we've got. Here's what it will do for you. Here's how to get it.' Leo Burnett
business people marketing
What helps people, helps business. Leo Burnett
business people firsts
First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people. Leo Rosten
business people pay
We don't pay taxes. The little people pay taxes. Leona Helmsley
business crazy thinking
I think that maybe in every company today there is always at least one person who is going crazy slowly. Joseph Heller
business organization subtle
Without respect, the subtle alchemy that binds an organization or that serves as the impetus for a business transaction would dissolve into mutual suspicion and hostility. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
business journey discovery
A leader will find it difficult to articulate a coherent vision unless it expresses his core values, his basic identity...one must first embark on the formidable journey of self-discovery in order to create a vision with authentic soul. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
business leader firsts
...in the words of Max DePree: "Management has a lot to do with answers. But leadership is a function of questions. And the first question for a leader always is: 'Who do we intend to be?' Not 'What are we going to do?' but 'Who do we intend to be?'" Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
business self knowing
Knowing oneself is not so much a question of discovering what is present in one's self, but rather the creation of who one wants to be. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
business cutting soul
...if we expended all our energies solely on taking care of our own needs we would stop growing. In that respect what we call "soul" can be viewed as the surplus energy that can be invested into change and transformation. As such, it is the cutting edge of evolution. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
business ideas soul
The downside, of course, is that over time religions become encrusted with precepts and ideas that are the antithesis of soul, as each faith tries to protect its doctrines and institution instead of nurturing the evolution of consciousness. If one is not careful to distinguish the genuine insights of a religion from its irrelevant accretions, one can go through life following an inappropriate moral compass. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
business self favors
Through learning we grow, becoming more than we were before, and in that sense learning is unselfish, because it results in the transformation of what we were before, a setting aside of the old self in favor of a more complex one. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
business hands psychics
Attention is psychic energy, and like physical energy, unless we allocate some part of it to the task at hand, no work gets done. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
business believe psychics
...perhaps the most distinguishing trait of visionary leaders is that they believe in a goal that benefits not only themselves, but others as well. It is such vision that attracts the psychic energy of other people, and makes them willing to work beyond the call of duty for the organization. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
business people creative
When each of these three elements of vision-concern for excellence, for people and for the wider environment-are present, business is transformed from a tool for making profits into a creative, humane experiment for improving life. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
business dust world
We can either help to make this world a more incredible place than it has ever been, or we can hasten its return to inorganic dust. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
business journey perfect
If we agree that the bottom line of life is happiness, not success, then it makes perfect sense to say that it is the journey that counts, not reaching the destination. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
business mail messages
There are managers so preoccupied with their e-mail messages that they never look up from their screens to see what's happening in the nondigital world Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
business safety evolution
It is as if evolution has built a safety device in our nervous system that allows us to experience full happiness only when we are living at 100%-when we are fully using the physical and mental equipment we have been given. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
business reality psychics
To know oneself is the first step toward making flow a part of one's entire life. But just as there is no free lunch in the material economy, nothing comes free in the psychic one. If one is not willing to invest psychic energy in the internal reality of consciousness, and instead squanders it in chasing external rewards, one loses mastery of one's life, and ends up becoming a puppet of circumstances. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
business ocean fall
Enjoyment, on the other hand, is not always pleasant, and it can be very stressful at times. A mountain climber, for example, may be close to freezing, utterly exhausted, and in danger of falling into a bottomless crevasse, yet he wouldn't want to be anywhere else. Sipping a piña colada under a palm tree at the edge of the turquoise ocean is idyllic, but it just doesn't compare to the exhilaration he feels on the windswept ridge. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
business goal viktor-frankl
Half a century ago, the Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl wrote that happiness cannot be attained by wanting to be happy - it must come as the unintended consequence of working for a goal greater than oneself. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
business discipline financial
Any good business person applies financial discipline to everything they do. Paula Wagner
business gestures way
Major brands don't know what to do with happy customers. They make it hard for customers to say thanks and way too often companies don't celebrate and embrace customers' positive gestures. Paul Walker
business commitment home
I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work. Philip Green
business make-things-happen happens
You've got to love what you do to really make things happen. Philip Green
business temptation important
The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did. Penelope Cruz