Alistair Cockburn – Agile is an Attitude
“Agile … is an attitude, not a technique with boundaries. An attitude has no boundaries, so...
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Category: Quotes
Harold Evans on Creating Understanding
“Transmitting information is easier than creating understanding.” — Harold...
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Jim Rohn – The Value You Bring to the Hour
“You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the...
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Paul Oldfield on Why Models and Documentation Exist
The model that really matters is the one that people have in their minds. All other models and...
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Fred Brooks on the Criteria for Success
“If we perceive our role aright, we then see more clearly the proper criterion for success:...
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Andrew Carnegie on Personal Development
“It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people...
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The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated – William James
Just a brief quote and a comment this evening to capture a thought that crossed my mind while contemplating the main differentiators between the great analyst and the good.
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Steve Jobs – Do great work; love what you do
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly...
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Quote: Are you passionate about what you do?
One of the things that may get in the way of people being lifelong learners is that they’re not in touch with their passion. If you’re passionate about what it is you do, then you’re going to be looking for everything you can to get better at it. – Jack Canfield
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Quoteworthy: Chinese Proverb – Involve me and I’ll understand
Tell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I’ll understand....
Read MoreQuoteworthy: Cicero – Be Brief
When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men’s minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind. – Marcus...
Read MoreQuoteworthy: William Strunk – Vigorous Writing is Concise
Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This...
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