#initiative

Traditional corporations, particularly large-scale service and manufacturing businesses are organized for efficiency. Or consistency. But not joy. Joy comes from surprise and connection and humanity and transparency and new...If you fear special requests, if you staff with cogs, if you have to put it all in a manual, then the chances of amazing someone are really quite low. These organizations have people who will try to patch problems over after the fact, instead of motivated people eager to delight on the spot. The alternative, it seems, is to organize for joy. These are the companies that give their people the freedom (and the expectation) that they will create, connect and surprise. These are the organizations that embrace someone who make a difference, as opposed to searching the employee handbook for a rule that was violated. ↗

— Seth Godin

#initiative #joy #business

You are essentially who you create yourself to be and all that occurs in your life is the result of your own making. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#mind-body-spirit #mind-power #motivational #new-thought #positive-thinking

There should be painless progression, attended by life and peace....Mortals will some day assert their freedom in the name of Almighty God....Dropping their present beliefs, they will recognize harmony and as the spiritual reality and discord as the material unreality. Chapter VII pp. 224 and 228 Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures ↗

— Mary Baker Eddy

#initiative #progress #sadness #freedom

The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do - by yourself, upon your own initiative. ↗

— Harry Browne

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The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things. ↗

— Stephen Covey

#around #deciding #important #important things #initiative

No one should suffer from the great delusion that any form of communism or socialism which promotes the dictatorship of the few instead of the initiative of the millions can produce a happier or more prosperous society. ↗

— Charles E. Wilson

#communism #delusion #dictatorship #few #form

I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth, environmental protection, improvements in our educational system. ↗

— Al Gore

#economic #economic growth #educational #environmental #environmental protection

I've always been a strong supporter of environmental protection and initiatives in that area. But I'm willing to set priorities. If we have to make reductions in one place, we'll have to-in order to increase another place, I'm willing to do that. ↗

— Judd Gregg

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I did not know many of the details relevant to the Iran and contra initiatives. ↗

— Fawn Hall

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You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. ↗

— William Boetcker

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