And his master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the children of this age are more shrewd in deal...ing with their own generation than are the children of light.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We all have bad days, of course, a secret that only makes us feel more guilty. But once my friends and I started telling the truth... about how far we deviated from perfection, we couldn't stop. . . . One mother admitted leaving the grocery store without her kids--"I just forgot them. The manager found them in the frozen foods aisle, eating Eskimo Pies."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I knew a gentleman who was so good a manager of his time that he would not even lose that small portion of it which the calls of n...ature obliged him to pass in the necessary-house, but gradually went through all the Latin poets in those moments. He bought, for example, a common edition of Horace, of which he tore off gradually a couple of pages, read them first, and then sent them down as a sacrifice to Cloacina: this was so much time fairly gained.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Don't you realize that as long as you have to sit down to pee, you'll never be a dominant force in the world? You'll never be a co...nvincing technocrat or middle manager. Because people will know. She's in there sitting down.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Did you ever hear the story about the fighter that was losing badly to the other guy? He's getting the hell kicked out of him and ...he comes back to his corner between rounds and his manager says, "Keep up the good work, kid, because the other guy isn't laying a glove on you." And the fighter says, "Then you'd better keep your eye on the referee because somebody is kicking the shit out of me."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
(1) Do not cry. No matter what. (2) Use your appearance to create an image of strength. (3) Develop staying power. (4) Specialize.... (5) Don't wear your sex like a badge on your sleeve. (6) Put in more time than anyone else. (7) Be loyal. (8) Be a team player. (9) Never use your family as an excuse. (10) Learn how to be a manager. (11) Network.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
He repeated until his dying day that there was no one with more common sense, no stonecutter more obstinate, no manager more lucid... or dangerous, than a poet.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Today the average inhabitant of the western hemisphere knows a little of everything. He has the newspaper on his breakfast table a...nd wireless within reach. For the evening there is the film, cards, or a meeting to complete a day spent in the office or factory where nothing that is essential has been learnt. With slight variation this picture of a low cultural average holds good over the entire range from factory-hand of clerk to manager or director. Only the personal will to culture, in whatever field and however pursued raises modern man above this level.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I focus on my role as plant manager I can't help the fact that I'm a black, woman plant manager. I have to make the ... decisions ...... my job requires.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »