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“In a larger business context, an example of the “Genius of the And” would be a company’s constant attention to both long-term growth and quarterly results.”
― Peter Pande, The Six Sigma Way: How to Maximize the Impact of Your Change and Improvement Efforts

“there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

“not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.’ ‘But”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes: The Novels

“I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to him gets crowded out, or at best is jumbled up with a lot of other things, so that he has a difficulty in laying his hands upon it.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Complete Sherlock Holmes

“There is nothing new under the sun. It has been done before.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet

“a conjurer gets no credit once he has explained his trick;”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes: The Novels

“Life is a sum of all your choices,” wrote Albert Camus. Large or small, our actions forge our futures, hopefully inspiring others along the way.”
― Howard Schultz, Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul

“Starbucks was under attack, mostly from within.”
― Howard Schultz, Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul

“Starbucks is intensely personal. Aside from brushing their teeth, what else do so many people do habitually every day? They drink coffee. Same time. Same store. Same beverage. There's a special relationship millions have developed with our brand, our people, our stores, and our coffee. Preserving that relationship is an honorable but enormous responsibility.”
― Howard Schultz, Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul

“When we went to automatic espresso machines, we solved a major problem in terms of speed of service and efficiency. At the same time, we overlooked the fact that we would remove much of the romance and theater that was in play. .”
― Howard Schultz, Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul

“The term supply chain is not new. It is fundamental to military strategy. It was the difference between winning and losing in the Napoleonic wars and the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. The”
― Lora M. Cecere, Bricks Matter: The Role of Supply Chains in Building Market-Driven Differentiation

“Supply chain leaders manage complex systems with complex processes with increasing complexity. Leaders”
― Lora M. Cecere, Bricks Matter: The Role of Supply Chains in Building Market-Driven Differentiation

“Time is money. If we could take one day of transit time out of the supply chain, we could free up $1 billion in cash. Unfortunately, we cannot.”
― Lora M. Cecere, Bricks Matter: The Role of Supply Chains in Building Market-Driven Differentiation

“In today’s world, clicks are sexier than bricks. There”
― Lora M. Cecere, Bricks Matter: The Role of Supply Chains in Building Market-Driven Differentiation

“supply chain was and still is the silent enabler behind great companies, world economies, and successful communities. It”
― Lora M. Cecere, Bricks Matter: The Role of Supply Chains in Building Market-Driven Differentiation

“The bricks of the supply chain are analogous to the children’s story The Three Little Pigs. When”
― Lora M. Cecere, Bricks Matter: The Role of Supply Chains in Building Market-Driven Differentiation

“In the early days of supply chain management, manufacturing and distribution processes were insourced. Companies owned their bricks and mortar, and products were made and sold within the same region. Today’s supply chain is largely outsourced. Manufacturing”
― Lora M. Cecere, Bricks Matter: The Role of Supply Chains in Building Market-Driven Differentiation

“Today, it is focused on not just building chains but also on the design of agile networks.”
― Lora M. Cecere, Bricks Matter: The Role of Supply Chains in Building Market-Driven Differentiation

“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. —Warren Buffett”
― Lora M. Cecere, Bricks Matter: The Role of Supply Chains in Building Market-Driven Differentiation

“as social scientists David Lykken and Auke Tellegen starkly suggest, “trying to be happier is as futile as trying to be taller.”
― Rolf Dobelli, The Art of Thinking Clearly

“Warren Buffett knows: “What the human being is best at doing is interpreting all new information so that their prior conclusions remain intact.” The”
― Rolf Dobelli, The Art of Thinking Clearly

“For billions of people, these pieces of advice are unlikely to help. But because the unhappy don’t write self-help books about their failures, this fact remains hidden. In”
― Rolf Dobelli, The Art of Thinking Clearly

“In daily life, because triumph is made more visible than failure, you systematically overestimate your chances of succeeding.”
― Rolf Dobelli, The Art of Thinking Clearly: The Secrets of Perfect Decision-Making

“English novelist W. Somerset Maugham’s wise words: “If fifty million people say something foolish, it is still foolish.”
― Rolf Dobelli, The Art of Thinking Clearly

“the more people who follow a certain idea, the better (truer) we deem the idea to be.”
― Rolf Dobelli, The Art of Thinking Clearly

“Some delays and cost overruns are even legendary, such as the Airbus A400M, the Sydney Opera House, and Boston’s Big Dig.”
― Rolf Dobelli, The Art of Thinking Clearly

“The more choice you have, the more unsure and therefore dissatisfied you are afterward. So”
― Rolf Dobelli, The Art of Thinking Clearly

“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the world's greatest lie.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“Everyone, when they are young, knows what their Personal Legend is. “At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But, as time passes, a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their Personal Legend.” None”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist