Quote Of The Week

Quote of the Week 46 “ Your brand is what people say about you when you’re not in the room.” ― Jeff Bezos  

Quote of the Week 45 “ The distance between dreams and reality is called discipline.” ― Paulo Coelho Triggered  by the reflection on discipline in a recent podcast . Related: “ The distance between dreams and reality is called action. ” ― Brian Tracy “ Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment . ” ― Jim Rohn  

  Quote of the Week 44 “ Ideology: The mistaken belief that your beliefs are neither beliefs nor mistaken. ” ―  Eric Jarosinski  ( Nein: A Manifesto ) Triggered by the following  tweet : From the #NeinManifesto . The #FailedIntellectual ’s classic guide to living in troubled times. pic.twitter.com/abh8aMV60e — Nein. (@NeinQuarterly) November 17, 2023

Quote of the Week 43 “The comeback is always stronger than the setback.” ― Brian Tracy   Triggered by the following tweet : the comeback is always stronger than the setback. — Mind Haste ⚡️ (@MindHaste) September 8, 2024 Same insight promoted by Brian Tracy : Don't let your setbacks define you. The comeback is always stronger than the setback. When things don't go your way or as planned, work twice as hard and prove to yourself that you can do anything. pic.twitter.com/WrSBZX8E5a — Brian Tracy (@BrianTracy) July 1, 2020

Quote of the Week 42 “A leader is a person who has people following them, because they want to.” ― Larry Wilson

Quote of the Week 41 " Children find everything in nothing; men find nothing in everything." ―  Giacomo Leopardi   " Kinder finden Alles im Nichts, Erwachsene finden nichts in Allem." Triggered by the use of the quote in the WDR 5 Das philosophische Radio podcast: Saskia Wendel  ―  Über die Hoffnung .

Quote of the Week 40 “Go make yourself a plan And be a shining light. Then make yourself a second plan, For neither will come right.” ―  Bertolt Brecht “ Ja, mach nur einen Plan, Sei nur ein großes Licht! Und mach dann noch’nen zweiten Plan, Gehn tun sie beide nicht. ” ―  Bertolt Brecht ,  Das Lied von der Unzulänglichkeit menschlichen Strebens . In:  Die Dreigroschenoper , Dritter Akt Alternative translation : “ Aye, make yourself a plan They need you at the top! Then make yourself a second plan Then let the whole thing drop ” Source:   ' The song of the futility of all human endeavour ' (1929) More quotes on  planning . Source:   Spreadshirt [ LinkedIn ]

Quote of the Week 39 “Great marketing only makes a bad product fail faster.” ― Attributed to David Ogilvy Triggered by the use of the quote in the reference for my " Build it and they will come – I don't think so "  principle . However, I could not find a primary source for the original quote . A similar quote is attributed to  William Bernbach: “ A great ad campaign will make a bad product fail faster. It will get more people to know it's bad .” ―  William Bernbach Interesting as Ogilvy and Bernbach have been described as antipodes and likened to Stones vs. Beatles : "‘ Ogilvy on Advertising ’ was the first book I read about the business. It polarised the advertising world. It was a bit like the Stones v Beatles debate. You either followed  the wisdom of Bill Bernbach  or you followed  the wisdom of David Ogilvy . (I follow both)." [ LinkedIn ]

Quote of the Week 38 "W e all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own . " ―  Marcus Aurelius     Triggered by the use of the quote in a  Daily Stoic   tweet : “It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.” — Marcus Aurelius — Daily Stoic (@dailystoic) October 28, 2023 [ LinkedIn ]