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What business have I with this pipe? This thing that is meant for sereneness, to send up mild white vapors among mild white hairs, not among torn iron-grey locks like mine. I'll smoke no more. ↗

— Herman Melville

#the-pipe #business

Awareness is a gentle beauty. It hovers around me like a fairy, pointing to those things I would miss if I didn't look past the obvious and on the other side of busy. ↗

— Jeanne McElvaney

#change-your-life #gotospirit-com #jeanne-mcelvaney #life-purpose #old-maggie-s-spirit-whispers

Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas. ↗

— Margaret Thatcher

#inspirational #leadership #reality #age

Now public business takes up so much of my time that I must get time a Sundays or a nights to look after my own matters. ↗

— Samuel Pepys

#discipline #business

There is nothing in the world which an artist cannot recreate into something poetic, ennobling. And why do we read these things? They are not facts, they do not improve our business skills, our techniques in manufacturing goods, the management of a home. That is what most of you will be doing anyway. We read these because they teach us about people, we can see ourselves in them, in their problems. And by seeing ourselves in them, we clarify ourselves, we explain ourselves to ourselves, so we can live with ourselves… ↗

— F. Sionil José

#artist #creativity #filipino-authors #literature #poetry

No matter what your reason for wanting to start your own business, developing the foundation is the same. Laying a solid foundation for you business will provide you with a road map to follow as you build your business. As you work through the Start a Business Step-by-Step Workbook you will define the company’s mission, decide what business entity is right for your business, name your business, determine the pricing for your products or services, formulate your financial projections, define your competitors, survey consumers regarding your products or services, determine the marketing methods right for your business and more. ↗

— Jeanne A. Estes

#business-plan #business-start-up #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #entrepreneurship-training

Think continally about what you want, not about the things you fear. ↗

— Brian Tracy

#inspirational #leadership #success #business

Leaders can choose to grow and change, but generally the most powerful predictor of future performance is past behavior. Evaluate them realistically. ↗

— Lee Ellis

#leadership #military #business

Affirming others isn’t ‘flattering’ them—it’s when you genuinely and consistently acknowledge their efforts and accomplishments, both large and small. Make affirmation a habit and watch what happens! ↗

— Lee Ellis

#leadership #military #business

Care for your infant business or career as you would care for your infant child - with loving attention, with no expectation of any reward, being in the moment with it, accepting it as is, watching it grow, enjoying every step of the way. ↗

— Marc Allen

#entrepreneurship #business