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Inspiring Quotes by David Maister
- A true professional feels no pressure to run up a client's bill, knowing that any reduction in revenues caused by being efficient will be more…
- Professionals have to decide on which subjects they are prepared to give nagging rights
- Truly visionary and successful companies have discovered that there is no conflict between the pursuit of profit and having a pursuit beyond profit.
- Professional is not a label you give yourself - it's a description you hope others will apply to you.
- Stop teaching students that they are the best and the brightest.
- The noble path does win but only if you are prepared to make the investment over a long period of time.
- Focus on being the best you can at what you want to do.
- What is important is what inspires persistence and determination- in other words what you care about.
- When did you feel most fulfilled? When did you impress yourself, or otherwise feel most proud of yourself?
- More than any other factor, it is the people we have to deal with that determine the quality of our work lives.
- No one can manage you if you don't give them permission to do so. But if you are interested in accomplishing as much as you…
- Before a leader can be accepted, let alone succeed, autonomous professionals must agree to be influenced by that person.
- Your task as a leader is to help others to succeed, not to strive only for your own success. If I don't trust your motives,…
- I will accept your influence, guidance and direction if (and only if) I believe that you and I share similar goals.
- I will not accept your guidance and critique unless you are supportive and nurturing. On the other hand, you need to be continually demanding.
- Whether or not your values are operational is crucially determined by whether or not there are consequences for noncompliance.
- If your clients aren't actively telling their friends about you, maybe your work isn't as great as you think it is.
More Inspiring Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Aristotle
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- To bring anything into your life, imagine that it's already there. — Richard Bach
- Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them. — Louis Armstrong
- Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand. — Neil Armstrong
- Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
- Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery. — Matthew Arnold
- I couldn't sleep one night and I was sitting in my office and I realized that I was an independent filmmaker. — Darren Aronofsky
- For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take… — Mary Kay Ash
- The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...' — Isaac Asimov