"Executives are afraid of losing control if subordinates try to roam too far. Conversely, hierarchy squelches talent by forcing rote standardization through the punishment of failure, a necessary accompaniment to experimentation."

-- Stewart D. Friedman

#Trying Quotes #Losing Quotes #Talent Quotes

“It is always a danger when you have a big game ahead, but there is only one way to prepare well for our Champions League game - and that is to do well tomorrow. Therefore, I feel there is a lot at stake for us tomorrow. It is a massive game for us.”
“Life is fragile, like the dew hanging delicately on the grass, crystal drops that will be carried away on the first morning breeze.”
“Goodness in words creates trust, goodness in thinking creates depth, goodness in giving creates love.”
“We are free to choose our actions, . . . but we are not free to choose the consequences of these actions.”
“The more you engage in any type of emotion or behavior, the greater your desire for it will become.”

Source : Chris Prentiss (2006). “Zen and the Art of Happiness”, p.21, BookBaby
“Doing nothing while the middle class is hurting. That's not leadership. Loose regulations and lax enforcement. That's not leadership. That's abandoning our middle class.”

Source : "Kamala Harris slams Romney on housing" by Drew Joseph, www.sfgate.com. September 5, 2012.
“While I've been asked to run for Congress, I really believe we need to defend freedom locally. And by doing that, by just standing at the local level we can make a massive difference.”
“When Ben and I first got married and we first had kids, I felt I needed to prove we could still do it and I could still work separately from Ben and I could still work with him. I just let go of all of that now. I said to him, 'For me, a little bit goes a long way.”

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