#pro

I was never the smartest guy in the room. From the first person I hired, I was never the smartest guy in the room. And that's a big deal. And if you're going to be a leader - if you're a leader and you're the smartest guy in the world - in the room, you've got real problems. ↗

— Jack Welch

#big deal #deal #first #going #got

Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs. ↗

— Jack Welch

#decisions #destroy #job #job security #jobs

Well, you know, if you get into the profession because you think you can make a lot of money, you can never become successful. ↗

— Martin Yan

#become #get #into #know #lot

Out-innovating them is the way to beat China. And to do everything that we do in this country to support innovative policy, that drives innovation and new products and more jobs and creates jobs. You can't - you can't put a wall up around here. We tried that in the '30s. It didn't work. ↗

— Jack Welch

#beat #china #country #creates #drives

The 1980s will seem like a walk in the park when compared to new global challenges, where annual productivity increases of 6% may not be enough. A combination of software, brains, and running harder will be needed to bring that percentage up to 8% or 9%. ↗

— Jack Welch

#brains #bring #challenges #combination #compared

I know a lot of actors don't watch themselves on TV, but I think it's good to see how else you can improve. ↗

— Michael Welch

#good #how #i #i think #improve

Home Star is a common sense idea that would create jobs and provide a boost to local economies, while helping families afford their energy bills. By encouraging homeowners to invest in energy efficiency retrofits, Home Star would create 170,000 manufacturing and construction jobs that could not be outsourced to China. ↗

— Peter Welch

#bills #boost #china #common #common sense

The Citizen's Petition reflects Vermont's spirit of pragmatism and across-the-board cooperation. I applaud the 'Campaign to Fix the Debt' for calling attention to one of the country's most pressing problems, our ballooning national debt, and for urging policymakers to find practical solutions. ↗

— Peter Welch

#attention #calling #campaign #citizen #cooperation

The potential for Home Star to create jobs is proven and real. In Vermont, our statewide energy efficiency utility, Efficiency Vermont, created more than 430 jobs in 2007 and 2008, generating more than $40 million in income. ↗

— Peter Welch

#created #efficiency #energy #energy efficiency #generating

We urge the Department of Justice to carefully investigate and aggressively prosecute all senior bank officials who participated in manipulating the London interbank offered rate throughout the financial crisis. ↗

— Peter Welch

#bank #carefully #crisis #department #financial