Category: Quotes
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Alistair Cockburn – Agile is an Attitude
“Agile … is an attitude, not a technique with boundaries. An attitude has no boundaries, so we wouldn’t ask ‘can I use agile here’,…
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Harold Evans on Creating Understanding
“Transmitting information is easier than creating understanding.” — Harold Evans
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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 hour.” – Jim Rohn
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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 documentation exist only to get the…
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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: a toolmaker succeeds as, and only as, the…
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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 can help you do a better job…
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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…
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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 satisfied is to do what…
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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.…
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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. – Chinese Proverb
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Quoteworthy: 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…
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Quoteworthy: 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…
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Quoteworthy: Hunt & Thomas – Don't Repeat Yourself
Every piece of knowledge must have a single, unambiguous, authoritative representation within a system. The alternative is to have the same thing expressed in…
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Quoteworthy: Aristotle – Rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits
It is the mark of an instructed mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and…
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Quoteworthy: Mike Krzyzewski – Five fundamental qualities that make a team great
There are five fundamental qualities that make every team great: communication, trust, collective responsibility, caring and pride. I like to think of each as…