A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. – George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Shaw was a playwright and critic, not an entrepreneur. But his words are universal. It’s hard to find a successful entrepreneur or leader whose modus operandi […]
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In Terry Gilliam’s extraordinary movie, Brazil, protagonist Sam Lowry works in the government’s Information Storage department. Later, he accepts a promotion to the much more prestigious department of Information Retrieval. Businesspeople and citizens deal with information all the time. We have access to more than we could ever digest. Our […]
The failure to find the right job or to enjoy the one you have creates a special kind of depression. …An opus is the lifelong process of getting life together and becoming a real person, and it is no coincidence that the word is also used for a musical comopsition […]
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. — Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BCE) Cicero’s political career was sufficiently distinguished to earn him a place in Western history, but he’s even more famous for his work as a writer and orator. But it wasn’t a […]
There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. – James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
Do not value money for any more nor any less than its worth; it is a good servant but a bad master. – Alexandre Dumas, fils