Two Thoughts (18 - 24 August)
Sunday, 18 August
Two thoughts from Nicholas Carr
“Our writing equipment takes part in the forming of our thoughts.”
“When our brain is overtaxed, we find ‘distractions more distracting.’”
Monday, 19 August
Two thoughts from Rosabeth Moss Kanter
“A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.”
“The middle of every successful project looks like a disaster.”
Tuesday, 20 August
Two thoughts from Stephen Bayley
The assumption must be that those who can see value only in tradition...deny man's ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
"In innovation, as in everything else, the more you learn, the more you realize how little you know."
Wednesday, 21 August
Two thoughts from Margaret Heffernan
“Making those around you feel invisible is the opposite of leadership.”
“A fantastic model of collaboration: thinking partners who aren’t echo chambers.”
Thursday, 22 August
Two thoughts from Jean-Louis Gassée
“Advertising is saying you’re good. PR is getting someone else to say you’re good.”
“The goal of the computer is to provide people with the means to extend people’s minds and bodies. It is an exoskeleton that expands our human reach.”
Friday, 23 August
Two thoughts from Howard Aiken
“Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.”
"The greatest danger to our future is apathy."
Saturday, 24 August
Two thoughts from John Galsworthy
“Idealism increases in direct proportion to one’s distance from the problem.”
“A man is the sum of his actions, of what he has done, of what he can do, Nothing else.”
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dear jim,
another great batch of quotes! some of my faves this week:
Rosabeth Moss Kanter:
“The middle of every successful project looks like a disaster.”
Stephen Bayley:
"The assumption must be that those who can see value only in tradition...deny man's ability to adapt to changing circumstances."
Margaret Heffernan:
“A fantastic model of collaboration: thinking partners who aren’t echo chambers.”
Jean-Louis Gassée:
“Advertising is saying you’re good. PR is getting someone else to say you’re good.”
Howard Aiken:
“Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.”
thanks so much for sharing as always!
love
myq