Resisting change and persistence in times of change
1. “To resist change is like holding
your breath – if you persist, you
will die…” – Laozi
2. “I am convinced that nothing we
do is more important than hiring
and developing people. At the
end of the day you bet on
people, not on strategies.”
- Lawrence Bossidy
3. ”Recently, I was asked if I was going to
fire an employee who made a mistake
that cost the company $600,000. No, I
replied, I just spent $600,000 training
him. Why would I want somebody to
hire his experience?”
- Thomas John Watson Sr.
4. “Nothing in this world can take the place of
persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more
common than unsuccessful people with
talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is
almost a proverb. Education will not; the
world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are
omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has
solved and always will solve the problems of
the human race”
Calvin Coolidge
5. “Talent is cheaper than table
salt. What separates the
talented individual from the
successful one is a lot of hard
work.”
Stephen King
6. “Getting ahead in a difficult
profession requires avid faith in
yourself. That is why some people
with mediocre talent, but with
great inner drive, go so much
further than people with vastly
superior talent.”
Sophia Loren
7. “Every day were saying, 'How
can we keep this customer
happy?' How can we get ahead
in innovation by doing this,
because if we don't, somebody
else will.”
Bill Gates
