La La Anthony Quotes
We are complex, and therefore, in our natural state, inconsistent, beings, and the opinion of this hour need not be the opinion of the next.
Woe to the unlucky man who as a child is taught, even as a portion of his creed, what his grown reason must forswear.
The Providence that watches over the affairs of men works out of their mistakes, at times, a healthier issue than could have been accomplished by their wisest forethought.
I cannot think the disputes and jealousies of Heaven are tried and settled by the swords of earth.
Nature is less partial than she appears, and all situations in life have their compensations along with them.
What is called virtue in the common sense of the word has nothing to do with this or that man's prosperity, or even happiness.
True greatness is the most ready to recognize and most willing to obey those simple outward laws which have been sanctioned by the experience of mankind.
The secret of a person's nature lies in their religion and what they really believes about the world and their place in it.
Our human laws are but the copies, more or less imperfect, of the eternal laws, so far as we can read them.
Charity is from person to person; and it loses half, far more than half, its moral value when the giver is not brought into personal relation with those to whom he gives.
It is ill changing the creed to meet each rising temptation. The soul is truer than it seems, and refuses to be trifled with.
I have long been convinced that the Christian Eucharist is but a continuation of the Eleusinian mysteries. St Paul, in using the word teleiois, almost confirms this.
What will I do with myself when I retire? When I quit my job, I do not want to quit living. Can I possibly be of use when retirement day comes, or will I just be taking up space?
Persons who are born too soon or born too late seldom achieve the eminence of those who are born at the right time.
Few persons can relate the story of their childhood without idealizing, or distorting, or overdramatizing the facts.
I'm not a salsa singer who wants to sing in English, and I'm not this American kid who wants to sing Spanish.
I have always said that your work stays with you for a long time, and I try to get involved in projects where I truly believe if I had to do them again, I would the same way.
I use the term "fool's gold white space" to highlight a common problem for innovation. People see a market that doesn't exist, and assume that one should exist.
Avoiding along some dimensions is easy. Create organization space and bring in some new talent so the innate cultural resistance is less material. Unfortunately, it's rarely that easy.
Some people who were central to former success aren't the right people for your future success.
What looks like resistance in many cases is rational responses to incentives and ingrained resource-allocation processes.
You can increase the odds of spotting the weak points in your approach if you really think about the end-to-end business model you plan to follow - how you plan to create, capture, and deliver value.
You can always figure out how to deliver things in somewhat controlled situations, but when you start to get into the reality of the market you start to figure out what isn't going to work.
The reality is customers lie - not because they want to want to deceive you, but because they don't do a good job of predicting what they will do in the future.
I've always found that working through ideas in written form really changes the thinking.
You still want to be thoughtful about what you do, no doubt, but you have to learn through trial-and-error experimentation as well.
You have to make the decision about whether you want to avoid or you want to overcome the resistance.
Now, I worry a bit about the TEDification of the world where style trumps substance, so hopefully you have a good blend of both!
The curious company studies the anomalies or the unexpected findings. The company that isn't curious ignores them or punishes people who don't do exactly what they set out to do.
I've come to the conclusion that the core characteristic that separates companies that get innovation from those that don't is a simple word: curiosity.
So many people tell me that they aren't creative or they aren't innovative, and it's just not true.
Everyone knows innovation involves developing unique understanding of a market, thinking expansively to develop a solution, and then finding a way to test rigorously and adapt quickly.
The school at which you studied - design school, disruptive school, TRIZ school, user-centered innovation school, etc - determines the specific words you use.
If you work on a new product launch, spent time in a new geography, or work to develop a completely new skill, you have no choice but to figure out new ways to solve problems.
I have a fear right now that what I call the advertising-narcissism complex is sucking up way too much top talent.
In the face of uncertainty, many companies will default to asking their innovators to study and analyze, which can't actually ever provide a definitive answer.
Most companies are built to execute today's business model, not discover tomorrow's.
Aside from the equivalent of blowing up the lab or letting a pathogen escape, the only failure is spending too long or too much money to learn.
