#competing

We experience problem-solving sessions as war zones, we view competing ideas as enemies, and we use problems as weapons to blame and defeat opposition forces. No wonder we can't come up with real lasting solutions! ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

#come #competing #defeat #experience #forces

I don't know how to construct a career that'll make me famous. Except maybe get my ears pinned back, get my teeth done, and go to America. But then I'll be competing with billions of actors who haven't got false teeth, and who are 25. ↗

— Ian Hart

#back #billions #career #competing #construct

Today we're dealing with metropolitan Shanghai, metropolitan New Delhi or Paris. If we're competing at that level, our diversity, that richness of people coming from so many different backgrounds, is one of our greatest advantages. ↗

— John Hickenlooper

#backgrounds #coming #competing #dealing #delhi

Releasing a record is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the promotion of the product, but you have to play the game if you are to have a chance of competing in the market place. ↗

— John Barrow

#comes #competing #game #iceberg #market

What does it mean to be the best? It means you have to be better than the number two guy. But what gratification is there in that? He's a loser—that’s why he's number two. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#best #bizarre #competing #competition #competitor

I intend to fight to ensure that Connecticut workers have a level playing field when competing for jobs. ↗

— Christopher Dodd

#connecticut #ensure #field #fight #i

Because we're sponsored by competing breweries there is always competition. When we were both fighting for ninth or 10th place, nobody really cared except the two companies. ↗

— Larry Dixon

#because #both #breweries #cared #companies

We tend to think of politics as bad, full of dirty tricks, negative ads, big campaigns, but I am here to explore the original meaning of politics, which is positive and has to do with balancing competing interests and looking for solutions. ↗

— Eric Liu

#am #bad #balancing #big #campaigns

Having loved sport my whole life, competing in a Paralympics would be a dream come true. ↗

— Heather Mills

#competing #dream #having #life #loved

I think when you talk about competing against others, the problem is that you refer to something that's been done already and try to beat it. ↗

— Shigeru Miyamoto

#against #already #beat #been #competing