“Don’t worry about people stealing an idea. If it’s original, you will have to ram it down their throats.” (Quotes of the Day)

Interesting list!

Derek Powazek wrote a great post entitled The Art of No which suggests we ask why instead of saying no:

“When you say ‘why’ instead of ‘no’, you open a design conversation that can help inform both sides. You also make it more likely that the boss will ask you questions in the future, which is all designers want. We’d all much rather hear, ‘Why did you make this design choice?’ than ‘I don’t like this – change it.’”

Derek’s piece focused on web designers, but it applies to anyone working in a professional setting. Asking why (or other questions) improves communications, enhances collaboration and makes learning possible.

“In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.”—(Quotes of the Day)

All Congress can do is legislate and investigate, and if they don’t investigate…

Tom Peters decodes business jargon, some of it clearly tongue-in-cheek. My favorites:

“Empowerment”
“Trust”

“Business Process Re-engineering”
“You won’t believe how much the software we’re trying to sell you will cost”

“You can explain things to people but you can’t understand for them.”—(Newshour, April 4, 2006)

Leadership is kind of a one act play. in other words, it’s this intense journey into yourself:

• How fast you can grow.
• How much can learn.
• How much you want to give.
• A sense of confidence.

It’s about finding your own voice. You’re going to make some mistakes. Sometimes you have a lot of advisors but you get you no advice.

He said it took 18 months to gain confidence that he could do the job…

(Charlie Rose, March 10, 2006)

“You don’t take the fire chief job after someone has burned down the city unless you are going to be able to do it in the right fashion.” —(Ellis M. Stanley, general manager of emergency planning in Los Angeles, quoted by the New York Times)

“Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.”—(Sir Winston Churchill—Quote of the Day)

“Hell, there are no rules here—we’re trying to accomplish something.”—(Thomas Edison—Quote of the Day)