Don Holbrook > Don's Quotes

“Change is inevitable but progress is truly optional.”
― Don Allen Holbrook, The Art of the Deal Today: Business Considerations Post Global Financial Crisis: America's foremost Site Location Consultant & Economic Development Economist

“World class communities come in all shapes and sizes, they are not determined by geography, and/or natural resources so much as by the mindset of their local leadership.”
― Don Allen Holbrook, The Little Black Book Of Economic Development

“Tomorrow's outcome for our nation is dependent upon how we act today to create the outcomes we desire for our country. Individual accountability is each of our responsibilities if we want to rebuild, renew and restore the great values that made America a global super power and light of hope to the rest of the world. Each of us is either part of the problem or the solution.”
― Don Allen Holbrook, Little Black Book of Economic Development, 2nd Edition: The Clandestine Art and Practical Science of Building Local Economies

“America is the greatest engine of innovation that has ever existed, and it can't be duplicated anytime soon, because it is the product of a multitude of factors: extreme freedom of thought, an emphasis on independent thinking, a steady immigration of new minds, a risk-taking culture with no stigma attached to trying and failing, a noncorrupt bureaucracy, and financial markets and a venture capital system that are unrivaled at taking new ideas and turning them into global products.”
― Thomas L. Friedman

“The Black Book of Economic Development - The Clandestine Art and Practical Science of Building Local Economies” is a must-read for everyone in the industry who is seeking to make a positive impact on both his or her communities and the profession.”
― Don Holbrook, Little Black Book of Economic Development

“Each day we have to decide to choose to have an awesome life. We are responsible for our own fate and cannot blame circumstances for our failures. It is in our own best interest to make choices that are going to create the life we desire and be accountable for our failure to make such good choices. Today is a present so do not squander your time looking into the past. Life is about the journey so press ahead by always looking forward to the next opportunity to succeed.”
― Don Allen Holbrook

“The Internet has spawned an abusive malevolent platform that cyber stalkers and trolls can use to harm people in the real world and ruin their victims lives forever with their permanent posts. Cyberspace can also be used to hunt those that prey on innocent people, so that those who live by the malicious words may also feel the repugnant feeling of being stalked and hunted even in their own false sense of anonymity.”
― Don Allen Holbrook

“Cyberspace or the Abyss of social media has no hiding place that technology cannot find anyone who seeks to hide their identity... so be careful what you say it may hunt and haunt you forever in the real world.”
― Don Allen Holbrook, The Immortal Flaw: A Modern Twist on Frankenstein

“Be careful because cyberspace is a two way street those that hunt and stalk and troll can also become the hunted by those that they harass and attack. Cyberspace has a definite dark side.”
― Don Holbrook