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Quote of the day: Alan Webber

” You can’t judge great teachers by their looks. Or their English. Or their profession. Or their education. Or where they were born, where they live, how they dress, how much money they make.” – Alan Webber, from his book Rules of Thumb.

Quote of the day: Dale Carnegie

“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” – Dale Carnegie

Quote of the day: Sohrab Voussoughi, Ziba Design

An except from Metropolis Magazine, Nov. 2009 issue.
“Designing for designer is really hard. But context removed those barriers. It wasn’t “my idea” or “your idea”. The true collaboration happens when you stimulate each other and put thoughts in each other’s minds.” – Sohrab Voussoughi, Founder & President of Ziba Design.

Sex sells? Says who? – Mad Men

Peggy Olson: Sex sells.

Don Draper: Says who? Just so you know, the people who talk that way think that monkeys can do this. They take all this monkey crap and just stick it in a briefcase completely unaware that their success depends on something more than their shoeshine. YOU are the product. You- FEELING something. That’s what sells. Not them. Not sex. They can’t do what we do, and they hate us for it.

Quote of the day: Colin Powell

“Don’t let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn’t go with it,” – Colin Powell.

Quote of the day: Albert Einstein

“Only a life lived for others is a life worth while.” – Albert Einstein.

Quote of the day: Bill Buxton

“Ultimately, we are deluding ourselves if we think that the products that we design are the “things” that we sell, rather than the individual, social and cultural experience that they engender, and the value and impact that they have. Design that ignores this is not worthy of the name.” – Bill Buxton

Quote of the day : Jim Collins

An excerpt from Inc. Magazine 30th Anniversary Special Issue, April 2009.

“How do you define entrepreneurship?” Bo Burlingham asked.
“I take a broad view of it. The traditional definition – founding an entity designed to make money – is too narrow for me. I see entrepreneurship as more of a life concept. We all make choices about how we live our lives. You can take a paint-by-numbers approach, or you can start with a blank canvas. When you paint by numbers, the end result is guaranteed. You know what it’s going to be, and it might be good, but it will never be a masterpiece. Starting with a blank canvas is the only way to get a masterpiece, but you could also blow up. So, are you going to pick the paint-by numbers kit or the blank canvas? That’s a life question, not a business question,” – Jim Collins.

Quote of the day : Melinda Gates

“If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped”.
- Melinda Gates, valedictory speech, Ursuline Academy, 1982