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In order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance. - Karl Popper Read more →

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The wiser mind mourns less for what age takes away than what it leaves behind. - William Wordsworth (1770–1850) Read more →

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Project Management is a system for attaining a targeted output or result with the assistance of a group of people within a scheduled time frame and a "not to exceed" budget - Abdul Malek Tushar in Managing Projects. Any claims... Read more →

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What is morally wrong can never be advantageous, even when it enables you to make some gain that you believe to be to your advantage. The mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is... Read more →

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The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point. You've got to keep working that talent. - Irving Berlin Read more →

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The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. ―Mark Twain Read more →

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Adversity does not build character, it reveals it - James Lane Allen, Novelist Read more →

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... the defining of risk is essentially a political act. - Roger E. Kasperson Read more →

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Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions. ― Albert Einstein Read more →

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An individual who is observed to be inconstant to his plans, or perhaps to carry on his affairs without any plan at all, is marked at once. By all prudent people, as a speedy victim to his own unsteadiness and... Read more →

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Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf.... Read more →

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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. ― Frederick Douglass Read more →

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Of course, specialization is necessary today. But so is the integration of specialized understanding to make a coherent whole, as we discussed earlier. It is essential, therefore, that society assigns a higher value than heretofore to integrative studies, necessarily crude,... Read more →

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We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools and we will finish the job. -... Read more →

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Leaders think and talk about solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems - Brian Tracy The inverse is also true when you here a solution looking for a problem to solve Read more →

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It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. - Carl Sagan All we do, everything we encounter, all actions taken on any project ever executes, we encounter... Read more →

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It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about the problem. Malcolm S. Forbes This reminds me of those who suggest solutions to well known and intractable problems, with little or no experience in the... Read more →

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A Fish Rots from the Head Down When an organization starts to fail, it starts at the top. We hear all kinds of supposed leadership talking hears, books, seminars, and podcasts in our project management world. But here are the... Read more →

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When personal judgment is inoperative (or forbidden), men’s first concern is not how to choose, but how to justify their choice. —Ayn Rand Read more →

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“If a profession is to sharpen its skills, to develop new skills and applications, and to gain increasing respect and credibility, then theory and practice must be closely related” – Martin Shrub Opening quote in IMP / IMS Step By... Read more →