Abraham Lincoln
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Winning friends.
"If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey that catches his hear, which is the high road to his reason, and which, when once gained, you will find but little trouble in convincing his judgment of the justice of your cause, if indeed that cause be a just one."
"Appreciation & Praise; quotes of the week #8.3rd round
Sunday:
"Praise your competitors."
Frank Bettger
Monday:
"I will speak ill of no man - and speak all the good I know of everybody."
Benjamin Franklin
Tuesday:
"I shall never again want anything I'm not entitled to; it cost too much."
Frank Bettger
Wednesday:
"In doing what we ought we deserve no praise."
Latin Proverb
Thursday:
"Never neglect the little things. Never skimp on that extra effort, that additional few minutes, that soft word of praise or thanks, that delivery of the very best that you can do. It does not matter what other thinks, it is of prime importance, however, what you think about you. You can never do your best, which should always be your trademark, if you are cutting corners and shirking responsabilities. You are special. Act it. Never neglect the little things."
Og Mandino
Friday:
"A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice."
Francois de la Rochefoucauld
Saturday:
"You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear. Do it! Develop an appreciation for the present moment. Seize every second of your life and savor it. Value your present moments. Using them up in any self-defeating ways means you've lost them forever."
Wayne Dyer
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
A cool company needs hot groups.
Teams may be ground zero for innovation at most companies, but they start with individuals. I'm sure you've got plenty of extraordinary people in your organization. Match them to projects, challenge them, and give them a chance to blossom, and I think you'll be surprised at the results. There's nothing like a hot team to get the job done.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
"Knowledge" quotes of the week #7.3rd round
Sunday:
"I like to do business with the fellow who informs himself about his own business, who can tell exactly what he has that I can use, and goes at his work without wasting my time or his. I like the man with useful ideas, the man who can show me how to get more goods or better goods for the same amount of money. He helps me handle my job to the satisfaction of my employers. I try to favor any salesman who is absolutely honest about his good, and who sees their limitations as well as their virtues. I have never had a misunderstanding with such a man." Frank Taylor
Monday:
"This is the age of the specialist. Charm and good manners are worth up to $30 a week. After that, the pay-off is in direct ration to the amount of specialized know-how in a fellow's head."
Billy Rose
Tuesday:
"Anyone who stops learning is old - whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young."
Henry Ford
Wednesday:
"A man's errors are his portals of discovery."
James Joyce
Thurday:
"Knowledge is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do."
Johann Wolfgang
Friday:
"No matter what your product is, you are ultimately in the education business. Your customers need to be educated about the many advantages of doing business with you, trained to use your products more effectively, and taught how to make never-ending improvement in their lives."
Robert G. Allen
Saturday:
"Learning is an active process. We learn by doing. Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind."
Dale Carnegie
Hot teams meet
Taking field trips, playing hooky, and holding edgy off-sites can help keep a team motivated. But when you can take the energy that most companies only manage to drum up in an off-site meeting, and find it in your routime work, then you are onto something huge. The secret, I think is to scuttle rules, provide good food, and encourage a lot of play.
T-shirts are metaphors in motion. Once hooked, you'll find yourseld unabled to resist making more T-shirts than you ever imagined. T-shirts are liked a quick and dirty prototypes, and if your team or company has a number of projects going on, every few months you'll have something new to wear.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Team Morale
When people feel special, they'll perform beyond your wildest dream. It's why we throw blowout end-of-year bashes - to celebrate who and what we are. The point isn't how much money you spend but what kind of experience you can create.
Another great way to make people feel special is to let them play hooky. Sometimes the best inspiration for a team can be the zen-like act of not doing any work at all.
You can't worry about how much time or money the fun costs. You'll get back whatever time the team lost in the next week and quickly more into the black. After all, moral isn't something that can be measured or planned. Encourage unplanned breaks during the day.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
"Sincerity. Deserve confidence" quotes of the week #6. 3rd round
Sunday:
"My greatest source of courage, whenever things have looked dark; has come from believing in the wisdom of this philosophy: Not - Will the other person believe it. The real test is, do you believe it.?"
Frank Bettger
Monday:
"The wisest and best salesman is always the one who blunty tells the truth about his article. He looks his prospective customer in the eye and tells his story. That is always impressive. And if he does not sell the first time, he leaves a trail of trust behind. A customer, as a rule, cannot be fooled a second time by some shady or clever talk that does not square with the truth. Not the best talker wins the sale - but the most honest talker... there is something in the look of the eye, the arrangement of words, the spirit of a salesman that inmmediately compels trust or distrust... being bluntly honest is always safe and best."
George Mattew Adams
Tuesday:
"In all my relations with clients, I agree to observe the following rule of professional conduct: I shall, in the light of all the circumstanes surrounding my client, which I shall make every effort to ascertain and understand, give him that service which, had I been in the same circumstances, I would have applied to myself."
Frank Bettger
Wednesday:
"To win and hold the confidence of others, Rule One is: Deserve Confidence."
Frank Bettger
Thurday:
"If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint" then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."
Vincent Van Gogh
Friday:
"Don't live down the expectections. Go out there and do something remarkable."
Wendy Wasserstein
Saturday:
"Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong."
Peter T. Mcintyre
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