#bus

Be a surfer. Watch the ocean. Figure out where the big waves are breaking and adjust accordingly. ↗

— 37 Signals

#philosophy #strategy #technology #business

Even in the face of massive competition, don’t think about the competition. Literally don’t think about them. Every time you’re in a meeting and you’re tempted to talk about a competitor, replace that thought with one about user feedback or surveys. Just think about the customer. ↗

— Mike McCue

#competition #business

Since I didn't have a candy wrapper to help me with the bad connection I was about to have, I resorted to using vocal sound effects. When Agent Carson picked up, I started my performance. "Agent... Agent Carson," I said, panting into the phone. "Yes, Charley." She seemed unimpressed, but I wasn't about to stop now. "I--I know who the kshshshshshsh are." "I'm a little busy right now, Davidson. What is a Ksh, and why do I care?" "I'm sorry. My kshshsh... is kshshsh... ing." I repeat. What is a Ksh? And why do I care if it is ksh-ing?" She was a tough one. I knew I should have waited and bought a Butterfinger at the Jug-N-Chug. Those wrappers crakled like Rice Krispies on a Saturday morning. "You aren't listeni--kshshsh." "You're really bad at this." "Bank ro-ksh-ers. I know who they kshshsh." "Charley, if you don't cut this crap out." I hung up and turned off my phone before she could figure out what I was trying not to tell her and call back. ↗

— Darynda Jones

#charley-davidson #humour #business

When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another - and ourselves. ↗

— Jack Kornfield

#busyness #connection #lost #business

It always comes down to just two choices. Get busy living, or get busy dying. ↗

— Stephen King

#dying #living #business

What is war?' I asked. Oh, it's a messy, stupid business,' he said, 'Two sides wave flags and beat drums and shoot one another dead. It always begins this way, making speeches, talking about rights, and all that sort of thing.' But what is it for? What do they get out of it?' I don't know,' he said. 'To tell you the truth, I don't think they know themselves. ↗

— Hugh Lofting

#business

I got this story from someone who had no business in the telling of it. ↗

— Edgar Rice Burroughs

#jungle #storytelling #writing #business

When you depersonalize abrasive behavior and see it as a call for help you become a catalyst for the best kind of change. ↗

— Marilyn Suttle

#customer-service #inspiration #relationships #self-improvement #business

With mind distracted, never thinking, "Death is coming," To slave away on the pointless business of mundane life, And then to come out empty--it is a tragic error. (116) trans by Robert Thurman ↗

— Huston Smith

#error #life #mindfulness #business

The way that other people judge me is none of my business. ↗

— Martha Beck

#prejudice #business