“If everything you do needs to work on a three-year time horizon, then you’re competing against a lot of people. But if you’re willing to invest on a seven-year time horizon, you’re now competing against a fraction of those people, because very few companies are willing to do that.” Jeff Bezos
Category Archives: Vision
The Monday Morning Quote #582
Success or Failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity, successful men people act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results. William James
Busy being busy.
Another unfinished blog from the archive sees the light of day. This one was inspired by THIS from which I quote. I have worked with clients, and for people, whose answer to everything is to “reorganise, start again, throw everything in the air and see where it lands”. This of course means that their livesContinue reading “Busy being busy.”
The Monday Morning Quote #532
“Every time you are tempted to react in the old way, ask if you want to be a Prisoner of the Past or a Pioneer of the Future. Deepak Chopra
If you’re in Dublin on March 2nd
My maternal grandparents would be proud of me being selected for Croke Park. I’ll not be gracing the hallowed turf with my prowess with sliotar and hurley. Instead I’ll be up on level 5 in the Hogan suite on the 5th Floor with a Taster session of “The 101 Things They Didn’t Teach You AtContinue reading “If you’re in Dublin on March 2nd”
The Monday Morning Quote #518
“Plan for what is difficult while it is easy. Do what is great while it is small.” Sun Tzu
The Monday Morning Quote #515
“It’s easy to make it lousy. It’s difficult to make it right.” Ben & Jerry.
The Monday Morning Quote #486
“This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world willContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #486”
The Monday Morning Quote #480
“The nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise, rather than being preceded by a period of worry and depression”. Sir John Harvey Jones
Rees’s Reads #1 – Setting The Table by Danny Meyer
Setting The Table – The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business This book should be compulsory reading for everyone who works in any business that serves customers face to face. I believe it is essential for any dentist looking to differentiate themselves – especially from corporate practices. Danny Meyer is a restauranteur. The CEO ofContinue reading “Rees’s Reads #1 – Setting The Table by Danny Meyer”
