February 2010

"People are definitely a company’s greatest asset. It doesn't make any difference whether the product is cars or cosmetics. A company is only as good as the people it keeps." (2i2010)

"Manage others the way you would like to be managed." (2ii2010)

"By working hard and reaching your highest potential in the area of you giftedness, you will move yourself ahead of all the people who may be equally talented but not as committed." (2iii2010)

"I don’t want any "yes-men" around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their jobs." (2iv2010)

"The best thing you can do is to find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome. The right person will still think that the sun shines out your ass. That’s the kind of person that’s worth sticking with." (2v2010)

"A good leader makes his men realize they have more ability than they think they have so that they consistently do better work than they thought they could." (2viii2010)

"In all things, be willing to listen to people around you. None of us is really smart enough to go through it alone." (2ix2010)

"Be honest with yourself about what is making you unhappy. If you can't move on now, don't try to convince yourself that you're happy. Accept the situation and know you'll have to deal with it for the near future." (2x2010)

"How often could things be remedied by a word? How often is it left unspoken?" (2xi2010)

"Love is caring for another person’s happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choice you make might be." (2xii2010)

"Love is when one person knows all of your deepest, darkest, most dreadful secret of which no one else in the world knows, and yet in the end, that one person does not think any less of you, even if the rest of the world does." (2xv2010)

"The only way to get what you want — whether you are a man or a woman — is to ask. Put your needs out there and ask for what you want. You may not be perceived as "nice," but it's the only way you have a chance of getting what you need. Not asking gets you nothing." (2xvi2010)

"Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too." (2xvii2010)

Great relationship is about two main things:First, is to find out the similarities and second is to respect the differences. (2xviii2010)

"In those instances where two or three individuals of similar skills interview for the same job, its been shown that the individual who is often extended the offer is the one who communicates the best. In fact, there are times that an individual with a lesser skill set will get the job simply because of his or her communication abilities. If you communicate well, you have the competition beat by a mile. The question then is whether or not you're fostering good communication in everything you do." -- Kathy Maixner (2xix2010)

"A half truth is a whole lie." (2xxii2010)

"If you feel there are others below you, you will feel the crush of others above you." (2xxii2010)

"Never make negative comments or spread rumors about anyone. It depreciates their reputation and yours." (2xxiv2010)

"The 8 key words that will move practically anyone to your side of the issue: 'If you can't do it, I'll definitely understand.’" (2xxv2010)

"However much we may distrust men's sincerity, we always believe they speak to us more sincerely than to others." (2xxvi2010)

January 2010

"Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county,to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is." (1vii2010)

"Drink moderately, for drunkenness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise." 1xi2010

"In love, it is better to know and be disappointed than to not know and always wonder. " (1xii2010)

"Trials, temptations, disappointments - all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fiber of character but strengthen it. Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy." – James Buckham (1xiii2010)

"Do not lose your inward peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset." - Saint Francis De Sales (1xiv2010)

"Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them." (1xv2010)

"Deadness occurs in relationships when people are no longer willing to tell each other how they really feel." - Shakti Gawain (1xviii2010)

"Life is too short to stress yourself with people who don't even deserve to be an issue in your life." (1xix2010)

"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (1xx2010)

"Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level."(1xxi2010)

"True love is neither physical, nor romantic. True love is an acceptance of all that is, has been, will be, and will not be." (1xxii2010)

"Do not be afraid to tell the truth. People can take it. There is nothing worse than a cover up." (1xxv2010)

"If your heart and mind got issues, keep that fingers crossed. You need that trust and faith to keep going." (1xxvi2010)

"One's work usually occupies more than half of one's waking life. Choosing work that does not bring happiness will lead to a life that is mostly disappointing." (1xxvii2010)

"There are people so preoccupied with their e-mail messages that they never look up from their screens to see what's happening in the non-digital world." (1xxix2010)