Leadership and Inspiration
25 Jul
He gave the I have a dream speech, not the I have a plan speech.Simon Sinek
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Educated Citizens
10 May
No country can really develop unless its citizens are educated. Any nation that is progressive is led by people who have had the privilege of studying. I knew we could improve our lives even in jail. We could come out as different men, and we could come out with two degrees. Educating ourselves was a way to give ourselves the most powerful weapon for freedom. . . . The more informed you are, the less arrogant and aggressive you are.Unknown
Murder Your Darlings
13 Mar
If you here require a practical rule of me, I will present you with this: 'Whenever you feel an impulse to perpetrate a piece of exceptionally fine writing, obey it—whole-heartedly—and delete it before sending your manuscript to press. Murder your darlings.'Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch
Diffusing Responsibility
3 Mar
One of the biggest problems in organizations is that the meeting is a tool that is used to diffuse responsibility.Al Pittampalli
What We Believe In
19 Feb
If you want to see what a society really believes in, look at what the biggest buildings on the horizon are dedicated to.Joseph Campbell
We All Feel Like Frauds
13 Feb
I now inhabit a life I don’t deserve, but we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn’t end soon.David Carr, The Night of the Gun
The Truth
12 Feb
You can't know the whole truth, but if there is one it lies in the space between people.David Cart
Pessimists and Optimists
11 Feb
The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little.Mark Twain
Wickedness
10 Feb
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes
