Frank Patrick

Being really busy is seductive – it has nothing to do with getting things done, or actually accomplishing your goals. But there’s something satisfying, or at least addictive, about being so busy that you don’t have time to think or reflect on what is going on around you. This is a big mistake long term as you’ll ultimately make crummy decisions. Slow down to speed up.

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Brad Feld

(reblogged from strangelypoignant)

Agencies, departments, and organizations don’t do things — people do things. People’s names should be on things to foster both accountability and pride.

- Edward Tufte

And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy My PROJECTS!

And you will know My name is the PM when I lay My vengeance upon thee!

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(reblogged from emadness)

If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.

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Benjamin Franklin

Then, a recent ignorant definition of education:

What I support is putting all science on the table and then letting students decide. - Michele Bachmann

Autonomy is important, but so are mastery and a greater purpose.

- More on Self directed teams, Knowledge management

What are the facts? Again and again and again — what are the facts? Shun wishful thinking, ignore divine revelation, forget what “the stars foretell,” avoid opinion, care not what the neighbors think, never mind the unguessable “verdict of history” — what are the facts, and to how many decimal places? You pilot always into an unknown future; facts are your single clue. Get the facts!

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Robert Heinlein

(via Herding Cats: Quote of the Day)

Believe nothing,
no matter where you read it,
or who has said it,
not even if I have said it,
unless it agrees with your own reason
and your own common sense.

- The Buddha via Believe nothing « Scott Berkun

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

- … George Bernard Shaw