There are two ways to extend a business. Take inventory of what you’re good at and extend out from your skills. Or determine what your customers need and work backward, even if it requires learning new skills. Kindle is an example of working backward. 634
I’ve learned that life is very tricky business: Each person needs to find what they want to do in life and not be dissuaded when people question them. 703
It’s none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way. 649
An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage. 739
In the year since we brought things into the open with a clean breath of fresh air at City Hall, we have learned about corrupt spending practices and unethical conflicts of interest that waste your money… and keep Dallas from being the great city of our dreams. 793
People are learning to feel more comfortable hearing one another’s dreams. It used to be that if you told a dream in public, someone had to make a joke to relieve the tension introduced by that alternative reality. 2.48K
I learned that people everywhere are basically the same and have similar goals that we do. They want health and happiness and the opportunity to provide for their families. 2.14K
We learn the inner secret of happiness when we learn to direct our inner drives, our interest and our attention to something besides ourselves. 925
I learned from a very young age that if I pursued the things that truly excited me, that they would reward in more important ways, like happiness. 2.45K
We’ll be going to the fish market and a farmer’s market this afternoon to get what we need to make and eat dinner as a family. I’m trying to expose my kids to going to a farmers market or the fish market and learning what that’s all about. 652
The countries who do the best in international comparisons, whether it’s Finland or Japan, Denmark or Singapore, do well because they have professional teachers who are respected, and they also have family and community which support learning. 2.45K
I’m less worried about accomplishment – as younger people always can’t help but be – and more concerned with spending my time well, spending time with my family, and reading, learning things. 657
I had a really wonderful upbringing. We were a tight family. It was wonderful to grow up with so many siblings. We were all just a year or two apart, and we were always so supportive of each other. I learned everything from my older brother and sister and taught it to my younger sisters. 2.36K
You know, my family and friends have never been yes-men: ‘YesThe only people that you really have, that I learned, are your family, because they love you no matter what., you’re doing the right thing, you’re always right.’ No, they tell me when I’m wrong, and that’s why I’ve been able to stay who I am and stay humble. 1.33K
If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secrete of getting along – whether it be business, family relations, or life itself. 2.47K
