"Hiring people with diverse backgrounds brings in a flexibility of thought and openness to new ways of doing things, as opposed to hiring clones from business schools who have been taught a codified way of doing business."

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Source : Yvon Chouinard (2016). “Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman--Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual”, p.199, Penguin

Yvon Chouinard

#School Quotes #People Quotes #Way Quotes

“While the liberal media elite depict the bowler as a chubby guy with a comb-over and polyester pants, the reality is that bowling is one of the most tech-heavy sports today. Robotic pinsetters and computerized scoring were just the beginning.”
“It's not enough to do the tasks that are expected or required of us. We have to give more, do more, be more.”
“Live and everyone would die. Die and everyone would live. It seemed like such a simple choice. But nothing is ever as simple as it seems.”

Source : Heather Brewer (2011). “Twelfth Grade Kills #5: The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod”, Penguin
“I am putting pressure on myself to do my best and perform to my potential.”
“If you became a comedian in the '80s, you had to work the circuit and make people laugh. Canned laughter is cheating.”
“I think thats what I really liked about Narc: My character has a real operatic range in a way that older movies used to have.”
“If light is the spiritual quality of painting, color is surely its heart and passion.”
“So many in our world today are suffering from isolation, war and oppression. So much money is spent on the construction of armaments. Many, many young people are in despair because of the danger...”

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