Month: January 2022

📅 Thought for today: ‘I never fit in. I am a true alternative. And I love being the outcast. That’s my role in life, to be an outcast.’ — Meat Loaf #thoughtfortoday #Meatloaf #BatOutOfHell #alternative #outcast #purpose Meat Loaf’s album Bat Out Of Hell was released in 1977 – right when I started tertiary education…

📅 Thought for today:   ‘Believe me, you don’t want to be at a company where there is more candor in the hallways than in the rooms where fundamental ideas or policy are being hashed out.’   — Edwin Catmull   #thoughtfortoday #management #leadership #candor #candour #honesty #truth #compassion   The issue of candor (I…

📅 Thought for today: ‘Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.’ — Peter Drucker #thoughtfortoday #management #leadership #people #work #selfawareness I am passionate about teaching leadership and management. I mostly focus on new managers. This is because established managers are not as self-aware as…

📅 Thought for today:   ‘We are more likely to fail as craftsmen due to our inability to organize obsession than because of our lack of ability.’   — Richard Sennett   #thoughtfortoday #craftsmen #obsession #organise #writing #painting   Last night I met a friend, face to face, in her home.   That friend is…

📅 Thought for today: ‘When I listen to something, I like to be taken out of my seat and thrown across the room. If it sounds good and feels good, that’s it.’ — Rory Gallagher #thoughtfortoday #RoryGallagher #rockmusic #oldgreywhistletest #gentlylaugh #life #reminisce #television A Facebook post about Rory Gallagher, and his performance on TV sparked…

📅 Thought for today: ‘Men are intimidated. Intimidated, threatened by funny women. Do you know what women are intimidated by? The fact that men can kill us with their hands.’ — Aisling Bea #thoughtfortoday #AshlingMurphy #intimidated #threatened #men #attitudes #shewasgoingforarun Words from Irish comedian Aisling Bea from a few years ago. A friend in Cork…

📅 Thought for today:   ‘Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.’   — Plato (or Socrates)   #thoughtfortoday #politics #power #dumb #dumber #corrupts #absolutely #notademocracy   This is very much a simplification and anglicised version of a speech in The Apology of…

📅 Thought for today: ‘Well, a sort of epiphany: I was in a great band. And it’s very cool to be at 53 and realise that when you were a kid you were in a great band.’ — Bob Geldof #thoughtfortoday #epiphany #insight #belief #change #realisation Yes, Bob, you were in a cool band, and…

📅 Thought for today:   ‘Find joy in everything you choose to do. Every job, relationship, home… it’s your responsibility to love it, or change it.’   — Chuck Palahniuk   #thoughtfortoday #change #joy #life #work #job #reflection   We are not quite two weeks into 2022, and a common topic of discussion with clients…

📅 Thought for today: ‘Nothing will work unless you do.’ — Maya Angelou #thoughtfortoday #coins #quarters #MayaAngelou #nothingworks #recognition For many people, the name Maya Angelou will be familiar, quite often from her many inspiring quotes. She is on my mind this morning because I read in the paper and on BBC News that “The…