Accepting Quote by David Maister

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“I will accept your influence, guidance and direction if (and only if) I believe that you and I share similar goals.”

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Success comes from doing what you enjoy. If you don't enjoy it, how can it be called success?

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The courage to care about your people, your clients, and your career.

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More than any other factor, it is the people we have to deal with that determine the quality of our work lives.

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Professionals have to decide on which subjects they are prepared to give nagging rights

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I will not accept your guidance and critique unless you are supportive and nurturing. On the other hand, you need to be continually demanding.

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Stop teaching students that they are the best and the brightest.

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Left untended, knowledge and skill, like all assets, depreciate in value surprisingly quickly.

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Professional is not a label you give yourself - it's a description you hope others will apply to you.

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Truly visionary and successful companies have discovered that there is no conflict between the pursuit of profit and having a pursuit beyond profit.

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From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the…

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Laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing! It is the jester! A voice from the Void, to cheer poor Cicero! I accept your gift, dearest Night Mother.…

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This duo inside of me causes the perfect opportunity to live and learn twice as fast as those who choose to accept simplicity.

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There is something about the South that accepts the supernatural. If you don't accept it and you're having a conversation with someone who does,…

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We only enter into the full life if our faith gives thanks. Because how else do we accept His free gift of salvation if…

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Don't be bitter. Everybody suffers. If you can accept your suffering then you will understand other people better. Be grateful for pain. Love life.

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It takes an unusually philosophic mind to accept that all one’s suffering might be to no end, really, in the larger scheme of things.

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No nation being under another nation can accept gifts, and kick at the responsibility attached to those gifts, imposed by the conquering nation.

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Society understands the architecture of academia and knows there are relevant qualifications in different fields, and the media accepts the idea of specialisations and…

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