"Sometimes, to ensure that a talented individual will work for you, or will stay working with you, you need to be flexible. Money is not always the great motivator here. Talented people want a good salary, of course, but surprisingly often they are more attracted to new opportunities and challenges."

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Source : Felix Dennis (2008). “How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets”, p.97, Penguin

Felix Dennis

#Opportunity Quotes #People Quotes #Challenges Quotes

“I was given such a great gift. It's a miracle that never stops amazing me and reminding me to give thanks, every day. Having a wife and daughter gives me a lot more purpose. I was much more selfish before, but now I think about what kind of role model I'll be. I just want to be a better man.”
“Nothing, says Longinus, can be great, the contempt of which is great.”
“A small error in the former will produce an enormous error in the latter.”
“If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were.”
“The dance lives in all mankind as a necessary motor-rhythmic expression of excess energy and the joy of living.”
“I think the thing that I always try to do - because it piques my interest - is to play really different parts all the time.”
“The most important thing to do as an artist is to get out of your comfort zone and work with different people: people who can't read a note of music, people who have incredible classical skills, blues and jazz musicians, pop artists, visual artists, dancers and actors. Learn from people who are creative in a different way to you and you'll keep evolving.”
“The West has not lived through totalitarianism, with a single ideology for 70 years.We are escaping from the burden of the past, and onlyafter we have done that will we be ready to integrate with Europeand Europe needs Russia.”

Source : 1991 Addressing socialist MPs in Strasbourg, 15 Apr.

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