"Managers who don't know how to measure what they want settle for wanting what they can measure."

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Source : Russell L. Ackoff (2006). “A Little Book of F-Laws”, p.4, Triarchy Press Limited

Russell L. Ackoff

#Want Quotes #Settling Quotes

“the myth of childhood happiness flourishes so wildly not because it satisfies the needs of children but because it satisfies the needs of adults. In a culture of alienated people, the belief that everyone has at least one good period in life free of care and drudgery dies hard. And obviously you can't expect it in your old age. So it must be you've already had it.”
“I believe that close association with one who refuses to compromise with circumstances he does not like, is an asset that can never be measured in terms of money.”
“In general, I think the best thing to do is to connect with other females. I love meeting other female artists and feeling like we're all rooting for each other. I think that's shifted even more.”
“Our relations with the Indians have been governed chiefly by treaties and trade, or war and subjugation.”

Source : Nelson A. Miles (1992). “Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles, Embracing a Brief View of the Civil War, Or, From New England to the Golden Gate and the Story of His Indian Campaigns with Comments on the Exploration, Development, and Progress of Our Great Western Empire”, p.341, U of Nebraska Press
“Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for the impossible, but do not let your path deviate from the quiet and steadfast insistence on full opportunities for your powers.”

Source : Franz Boas (1969). “Race and Democratic Society”, p.69, Biblo & Tannen Publishers
“The Social Sciences are good at accounting for disasters once they have taken place.”
“The transaction will enable us to become a single source of integrated products and services that building owners want in order to optimize comfort and energy efficiency”
“If you can think of times in your life that youâ€™ve treated people with extraordinary decency and love, and pure uninterested concern, just because they were valuable as human beings. The ability to do that with ourselves. To treat ourselves the way we would treat a really good, precious friend. Or a tiny child of ours that we absolutely loved more than life itself. And I think itâ€™s probably possible to achieve that. I think part of the job weâ€™re here for is to learn how to do it”

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