“You have to just let go of what other people think you’re capable of and decide what you’re capable of yourself” –Caroline Gleich *
Categories: Career
Tagged: Capability, Limits, Quotes
Posts tagged “Quotes”
“If you give a good idea to a mediocre team, they’ll screw it up. But if you give a mediocre idea to a great team, they’ll make it work.” –Ed Catmull *
Categories: Project Management
“Release dates are the enemy of creativity.” –Andre Young *
Categories: Project Management
Tagged: Constraints, Pressure, Quotes, Timing
“The term we came up with was simplexity. That is the art of simplifying an image down to its essence. But the complexity that you layer on top of it – in texture, design, or detail – is masked by how simple the form is. Simplexity is about selective detail.” –Ricky Nierva, Pixar Production Designer *
Categories: Information
“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change” –Wayne Dyer *
Categories: Career
“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