Words to live by - Great Quotes!

PRIORITIES <3
"With our pitchers we attempt sometimes to water a field, not a garden. How easy it is to find ourselves sprinkling droplets on a field, spreading ourselves too thin, giving without replenishing, accomplishing nothing of real value. And so I strive to keep my garden small, but to care for it joyful and well. We bloom here."

Dealing with Uncertainty, Nathan Furr:

• Learning — What can I learn from this challenge? That’s what Feringa did.
• Game — Frustration is all part of the game. Rather than beat ourselves up when we lose something, we see that while we may lose today, we could win tomorrow.
• Gratitude — Recognize all that you already have. For example, when baseball legend Lou Gehrig was struck down by ALS disease in the height of his career, this was his farewell to the sport: “Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth. … I might have been given a bad break, but I’ve got an awful lot to live for.”
• Randomness — A lot of life is random. What happens to me isn’t always my doing. Entrepreneur Jon Winsor compares life in business to his experience surviving a massive avalanche. Although he and his team had done all the preparation and analysis to avoid just such a catastrophe, still they were caught up in a slide that buried many of his teammates in the snow. Reflecting now, he says, “We have this perception in business: We think we control the world. I think what is probably more correct is it’s more about interpreting the world instead of trying to say we control it.” Failures and success are less our fault than we may realize, so don’t let a frustration keep you from trying again.

Advice from a Retiring GE Executive

I saw this on LinkedIn, and loved what this guy had to say.
I'm posting here so I can find it later.

"Friday I retired from GE. So, as I leave, I wanted to pass along 5 things I’ve learned.

1. Permanent and temporary are interchangeable.
Years ago, my first management award was for helping to build a new assembly line. My second management award, a few months later, was for removing that line in record time.

2. Making a good decision quickly is better than a perfect one after all the meetings.
We spend a lot of time discussing whether one path is better than the other. All the good ones will work fine. Select one and move forward.

3. The brand matters.
We’re GE and almost every other name is a distraction. When asked what they bought or own, our customers always say GE. We should listen to them.

4. ‘If you build it they will come’ is not true.
Sorry Ray Kinsella. If no one knows about it, it doesn’t exist. The key to our business is simple: Develop great stuff and tell people about it.

5. Practice, Practice, Practice.
Rehearsals and training are not just for actors and athletes. Everything we do needs a warm-up and practice. All those great performers we have observed have worked hard to make it look easy.

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