“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change” –Wayne Dyer *
Categories: Career
Posts tagged “Quotes”
“You don’t need brands anymore. The consumer used to have brands as guide and trust. Today there are other ways of developing that…Consumers are defining brands, and how brands get used.” -Chef Mark Miller *
Categories: Marketing
Tagged: Authenticity, Brand Management, Consumers, Quotes
My best personal planning occurs when I consider the context of my situation – past, present, future – and act in the best interest of my future self. In its simplest form it’s asking, will I tomorrow be pleased with the decisions I make today? Especially as New Year’s resolutions start to fade into post-holiday realities, I encourage you to plan – and progress – the optimal future you. The Past Recognize the connection of past decisions to present situations. Personal histories in health, in education, in career, in relationships, etc. are too frequently rationalized in hindsight, rather than fully related to the present. In financial hardships, for example, the real villain is often the victim’s past self. The point is not to beat yourself up…
Categories: Career
Tagged: Alignment, Decisions, Feature Article, Improvement, Quotes
“We want to be the best store in the world, the best shop in the world. Now what does that mean? That means a lot of things to a lot of people. When we benchmark other companies, we don’t really look at any retail or fashion companies. We look at food, and we look at hospitality. So hotels and food. Because those are the people that are closest to the customer. And it is super intimate. That’s what we want. We want that kind of relationship with our customer, so they feel completely taken care of.” –Sid Mashburn *
Categories: Information
Tagged: Comparison, Customer, Quotes, Retail
“…any note that you choose by accident can be given a context that makes it right.” –Gil Evans *
Categories: Communication
Tagged: Quotes
“In terms of moving from an idea to a product, it’s hard for batteries, because when you improve one aspect, you compromise other aspects.” –Qichao Hu, founder of SolidEnergy Systems *
Categories: Project Management
Tagged: Constraints, Dependencies, Design, Quotes
“The more ritualistic your business life is, the more likely you are to go out of business…the more ritualistic your function, the more probable is your eventual redundancy…The best thing is to not have to do anything as a default.” –Nassim Nicholas Taleb *
Categories: Career
Tagged: Nassim Taleb, Quotes