Really liked this quote by Frederick Smith of FedEx from a CNNMoney article on 10 Fortune 500 Military CEOs: “Leadership is simply the ability of an individual to coalesce the efforts of other individuals toward achieving common goals. It boils...
A friend passed along a quote the other day: So I just picked up this book today….and found this quote in the forward: “The truth of the matter is, if you need to “save” your job, I can’t help you....
Steve Aschburner’s article on Mike Miller’s surprising drop in productivity contains a nice gem from Don Nelson: “My first years with Nash, he wanted to be John Stockton,” Nelson said. “He wanted to get 10 points and 15 assists. I...
From an SI article on the success of the San Antonio Spurs, a quote from Jacob Riis which coach Greg Popovich uses to help his players gain perspective: “When nothing seems to help, I go look at a stonecutter hammering away...
I’m not a metal fan, but I like this one. “We Need To Let Metal And Odin Catch The Kids Before Jesus Does!” — HELHEIM Funny.
An article in the April issue of MSDN magazine features an interview with Bjarne Stroustrup, the man that invented C++. There’s an interesting quote that quite eloquently and succintly sums up my distaste for Windows Workflow Foundation and BizTalk (at...
In celebration of this day, I think it’s worth the time to listen to a recording of his historic speech. Could the civil rights movement have had a better, more visionary, and stronger leader than MLK? It’s hard to believe...
From November 20 issue of Time: I also am in favor of toppling dictators, establishing democracy and watching it spread painlessly throughout every region where there is no experience of it. Not only that: I am in favor of turning sand...