Quote Of The Week

Quote of the Week 13 " The truth is rarely pure and never simple." ― Oscar Wilde Triggered by the use of the  quote  from "The Importance of Being Earnest" in a recent tweet  by  Kara Swisher.

Quote of the Week 12 " There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all. " ― Peter Drucker Triggered by the use of the quote in a review of the book " Ask Your Developer " by Jeff Lawson. In line with a quote cited here before: " What's not worth doing is not worth doing well. " ―  Abraham Maslow

Quote of the Week 11 "Optimism is just lack of information ." ― Heiner Müller Alternative view:  "Pessimism is just lack of hope ." Original quote  in German:  "Optimismus ist nur ein Mangel an Information ." ― Heiner Müller

Quote of the Week 10 "Y ou are not lost unless you think you are lost ." ― Thomas F. Freeman Source:  NY Times 2020 Obituary  citing from his biography authored by James Ford. Unofficial motto:  “What we do, we do well; what we don’t do well, we don’t do at all.” Originally triggered by Ethan Mollick's tweets in January 2022 and 2021  for Martin Luther King Day.

Quote of the Week 9 " Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength . " ―  Corrie ten Boom Triggered by Scott Barry Kaufman's tweet . “Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength.” - Corrie ten Boom pic.twitter.com/vMAayJWrYj — Scott Barry Kaufman ⛵ (@sbkaufman) February 27, 2022 " Sich sorgen nimmt dem Morgen nichts von seinem Leid, aber es raubt dem Heute die Kraft. " ―  Corrie ten Boom

Quote of the Week 8 "50% of the work is done by the square root of the total number of people who participate in the work." ― Price's Square Root Law (adapted) Triggered by Brian Burns ' use of the law in the context of sales organizations. Note that  Price 's well-known square root law originally states that "half of the literature on a subject will be contributed by the square root of the total number of authors publishing in that area". ( Price's square root law: Empirical validity and relation to Lotka's law - ScienceDirect ) One should be careful applying the law to different organizational contexts. It  does not necessarily apply to performance management in general. ( Kienbaum Blog - Price’s Law and the Trouble of Operationalizing Performance ) See also:  Price's Law: What It Is And Why You Should Care - Darius Foroux

Quote of the Week 7 "Which is more important," asked Big Panda, "the journey or the destination?" "The company," said Tiny Dragon. ― James Norbury ( Big Panda & Tiny Dragon ) (C) James Nurbory,  jamesnurbory .com German translation : "Was ist wichtiger?",  fragte der große Panda, "Der Weg oder das Ziel?" "Die Weggefährten", sagte der kleine Drache.

Quote of the Week 6 " Give me questions I can't answer not answers I can't question. " ―  A @ProfFeynman tweet Source:  Tweet

Quote of the Week 5 " Man is a deterministic device thrown into a probabilistic universe. In this match, surprises are expected ." ― Amos Tversky Cited in  Michael Lewis' book " The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds "   featuring the joint work and friendship of two  renowned psychologists:  Daniel Kahneman  and  Amos Tversky .  See  http://covestreetcapital.com/amos-tversky-an-amazing-man/  for more Amos Tversky quotes taken from the book .

Quote of the Week 4 " No one ever made a decision because of a number. They need a story ." ― Daniel Kahneman Cited in  a 2017  Forbes  and a 2016 Vanity Fair article  that promoted  Michael Lewis' book " The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds " featuring the joint work and friendship of two  renowned psychologists: Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky .