Written by Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.
John G. Pollard
Monthly archives for July, 2011
Approach
Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
Anonymous
Abuse
“I don’t have to take this abuse from you — I’ve got hundreds of people waiting to abuse me.”
Bill Murray, “Ghostbusters”
Success
Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.
Anonymous
Astrology
“I don’t believe in astrology. But then I’m an Aquarius, and Aquarians don’t believe in astrology.”
James R. F. Quirk
Funerals
“Even the best of friends cannot attend each other’s funeral.”
Kehlog Albran, “The Profit”
Men and games
When a man says it’s a silly, childish game, it’s probably something his wife can beat him at.
Epperson
Dealing with conflict
Dealing with conflict is always complex and cannot be easily generalized.
The problem with conflicts is that they tend to go personal even if they are on other levels.
Also those that are often in a conflictual situation, have the tendency to cheat on their real level of stress generated by discussion, because is not possible to keep a complete separation and discuss without consequences.
The real thing is to limit as much as possible the level of stress inherited by discussions.
And where possible, avoid conflict itself.
This doesn’t mean being beaten every time, but knowing when to attack and when to defend.
As a rule of thumb, to avoid going personal, I use the approach of avoiding conflict when in a multi-person discussion I am the only one standing in this position. I make a try to bring people on board, but avoid the fight if I remain isolated.
Economist and humor
Economists state their GNP growth projections to the nearest tenth of a percentage point to prove they have a sense of humor.
Edgar R. Fiedler
Economics
Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.
John Kenneth Galbraith
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