"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." (Winston Churchill)
Creating complexity from simplicity is easy, creating simplicity from complexity is not.
"We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are." (Anais Nin)
Great is the human who has not lost his childlike heart.
"The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions." (Oliver Wendell Holmes)
It's not about the winning. It's the taking part that counts
"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing." (Abraham Lincoln)
"Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
The great golfer, Gary Player, was interviewed at the end of a round. The interviewer suggested that he had been rather lucky that day. Gary replied - 'Yes, I find that the harder I practice the luckier I get'
"Do not confuse motion and progress. A rocking horse is always moving, but makes no progress." (Alfred A. Montapert)
Keep our eyes and minds open, have the courage of our convictions and we will create a wealth of opportunities for those around us.
"The road leading to a goal does not separate you from the destination; it is essentially a part of it."
Computers can do better than ever what needn't be done at all. Making sense is still a human monopoly. "Take Today : The Executive as Dropout" (1972)
Successful leaders are passionate about a shared sense of purpose and values, investing time in their people, inspiring and enabling them to deliver sustainable high performance
"In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed." (Charles Darwin)
Accept that some days you are the pigeon and some days the statue.
We will either find a way or make one.
"I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over." (Warren Buffett)
"Logic takes care of itself; all we have to do is to look and see how it does it." (Lugwig Wittgenstein)
Life is not a rehearsal!
Hofstadter's Law: Everything takes longer than you expect, even when you take Hofstadter's Law into account.
Don't ever stop learning and pushing the boundaries of the possible
"No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical." (Nils Bohr)
Anyone who is not confused doesn't really understand the situation.
"Rome wasn't built in a day...but I wasn't on that particular job." (Brian Clough)
The future is unwritten.
If you are going to deliver something, deliver it properly.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." (Richard Feynman)
The most successful projects tackle and make the difficult decisions upfront.
"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result." (Albert Einstein)
Work Hard, Play Hard
Everything is possible - it just needs the will and the effort
Nothing is unachievable, only if you make it so.
"Those who realize their folly are not true fools." (Zhuangzhi)
Albert Einstein said once said "any fool can make things bigger, more complex... It takes a touch of genius-and a lot of courage-to move in the opposite direction". I believe clarity of purpose, understanding and simplicity will always deliver a more successful, achievable and lasting solution to any problem.
"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him." (David Brinkley)
We cannot direct the wind but we can adjust the sails
"If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you." (Oscar Wilde)
"Out of clutter, find Simplicity. From discord, find Harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies Opportunity." (Albert Einstein)
If you are worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on it
"The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible." (Arthur C. Clarke)
"If you have the right attitude, interesting problems will find you." (Eric S Raymond)
"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future." (John F. Kennedy)
"Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy." (Lao Tzu)