business

Nevertheless a certain class of dishonesty, dishonesty magnificent in its proportions, and climbing into high places, has become at the same time so rampant and so splendid that there seems to be reason for fearing that men and women will be taught to feel that dishonesty, if it can become splendid, will cease to be abominable. If dishonesty can live in a gorgeous palace with pictures on all its walls, and gems in all its cupboards, with marble and ivory in all its corners, and can give Apician dinners, and get into Parliament, and deal in millions, then dishonesty is not disgraceful, and the man dishonest after such a fashion is not a low scoundrel. Instigated, I say, by some such reflections as these, I sat down in my new house to write The Way We Live Now. And as I had ventured to take the whip of the satirist into my hand, I went beyond the iniquities of the great speculator who robs everybody, and made an onslaught also on other vices;--on the intrigues of girls who want to get married, on the luxury of young men who prefer to remain single, and on the puffing propensities of authors who desire to cheat the public into buying their volumes.

Danger has a bracing effect.

If you first take a minute, an hour or a month to let go of feeling annoyed, frustrated or critical of the person or situation that may be driving you crazy, you set yourself up for much greater leadership and personal success.

If you want things to change, you must change. If you want things to get better, you must get better.

You don't have to reinvent the wheel... just steal the hubcaps.

A major reason many Americans still struggle to find meaningful work is because they are using tactics from the 1990s and early 2000s. The future for employment is now here...and it's online."~February 21, 2013 as featured by CBS Money Watch

Never mix business with religion, or you might end up losing your testimony when the business agreement is no longer something you or Christ would put up with.

When you__e in another country, remember to do as the locals do, since it is your ways that may seem strange of offensive to them.

Business after all is a form of warfare; you bring all your available weapons to bear. If you don't you're a fool. ("Jane Brown's Body")

Be stern in the council-chamber, [Show no weakness, and insist on your plans being ratified by the sovereign.] so that you may control the situation.

Imagine going to work every day to do only and exactly what you love!! All the work gets done because of the abundant diversity of your team. Different skills, interests and talents are woven together into a whole that is much greater than the sum of the parts!

There are not more than five primary colors_ (blue, yellow,_ red, white, and black), yet in combination they produce more hues than can ever been seen.

If we can find short-term incentives that are consistent with our long-term objectives, it is much easier to make the right decisions in the moment.

You're better off with a kick-ass half than a half-assed whole.

We're still family-owned, which keeps life a whole lot simpler. When my wife and kids and I decide to make a business move, we don't have to ask Wall Street about it.

Know this about yourself: there is only one reason professional salespeople lose orders-- they are outsold.

The biggest mistake we could ever make in our lives is to think we work for anybody but ourselves.

Thinking there had to be a better way was a brilliant stroke of serendipity!