We meet thee, like a pleasant thought, When such are wanted.
Building a business where everyone thrives
An achievement-oriented culture is very pro-employee - it's so much more fun than one that isn't. Excellence is a tremendous amount of fun; mediocrity is not.
You can build a much more wonderful company on love than you can on fear.
That's what leadership is all about: getting somebody to see your vision and believe it's possible.
Working- and Middle-class families sat down at the dinner table every night - the shared meal was the touchstone of good manners. Indeed, that dinner table was the one time when we were all together, every day: parents, grandparents, children, siblings. Rudeness between siblings, or a failure to observe the etiquette of passing dishes to one another, accompanied by "please" and "thank you," was the training ground of behavior, the place where manners began.
I think the concept of seeking fame and fortune in women's football in the States is a bit idyllic.
Every highly successful person is a maniac on a mission. Too much agreement kills a chat
Tara (Lipinski) got out there like a bat out of hell and skated her guts out. Michelle skated very well, but she skated conservatively. She skated great, just not fantastic. That was the difference.