Written by If A equals success, then the formula is: A= X + Y + Z. X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut.
Albert Einstein
Monthly archives for June, 2011
Wonder
He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.
M. C. Escher
Solutions and big picture
Too much often we focus on solving the problem in a tactical way, instead then resolving at an higher level.
The normal response to a problem is try to find a solution finalized at solving this problem, without thinking of possible systemic implications.
Is normal, but we should do a step more and try to think of the solution as something that influences other sides of the environment we live in and, only after, decide the best way to solve the problem.
Otherwise the risk is to find solutions that potentially are “not solutions”.
In some cases you could consider to loose a battle in order to win the war.
Peace and violence
If we make peaceful revolution impossible, we make violent revolution inevitable.
John F. Kennedy
Love and hate
Anyone can hate. it costs to love.
John Williamson
Religion in details
My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
Albert Einstein
Change a little bit
There is a typical way to standardize the change into a process, though is not so easy to find a unique way to manage change.
- Prepare the road for change: is important to define and make feel which is your burning platform to make change something felt as needed
- Define where you want to go and depict the destination to others
- Manage the path (through a team for example) to determine the speed and pace.
- Follow a plan
- Communicate well and in a customized way for different groups
- Change together with others
- Go forward step by step through little and recognizable goals
- Never give up and maintain the speed
- Consolidate the changes achieved
Of course, the process gets more complex as you increase the number of changes to be managed.
Despite everything, change is a complex situation to handle and has lot of pitfalls embedded on the way.
There’s an old motto that says that if you will is to change almost everything, at the end you won’t change nothing.
This is not an invite not to make big changes, but is a simple reminder that you make change happen a step a time.
Statistics and religion
I could prove God statistically.
George Gallup
Fear
You can’t underestimate the power of fear.
Tricia Nixon
Points of view
When I sell liquor, its called bootlegging; when my patrons serve it on Lake Shore Drive, its called hospitality.
Al Capone
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