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One of the worst ways is the non-apology apology, which sounds like an apology but doesn't really accept any blame. For example, "We're sorry if this upset you." Or "I'm sorry that you don't feel we lived up to your expectations." Whatever.
— Jason Fried
When you treat people like children, you get children's work. Yet that's exactly how a lot of companies and managers treat their employees. Employees need to ask permission before they can do anything. They need to get approval for every tiny expenditure.
— Jason Fried
With a small team, you need people who are going to do work, not delegate work. Everyone's got to be producing. No one can be above the work.
— Jason Fried
Most people suffering from a lack of motivation will blame themselves first. "Ah, it's because I'm such a procrastinator!" "Why can't I just get myself together?" The truth, more often than not, is that you are not the problem; it's the world you're working in.
— Jason Fried
Beware the abuse of Power. Both by those we disagree with, as well as those we may agree with
— Ben Carson
God gave him a work to do. He commissioned him to be a watchman on the walls.
— David Jeremiah
We live in a world of guided missiles and misguided men.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The time is always right to do the right thing.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
We, the Church, hold the keys. We are His body—His hands, feet, voice—and what He does, He will do through us. We are Plan A, and there is no Plan B.
— Dutch Sheets
The devil is after our "gardens," too—our families, homes, marriages, churches, cities, etc. Our responsibility as watchmen is to keep the devil out.
— Dutch Sheets
The first responsibility of watchmen is to keep the serpent out of their God-given gardens.
— Dutch Sheets
Keeping the serpent out of our gardens is the primary assignment of watchmen.
— Dutch Sheets