Throughout
our lifetimes many people touch our lives and leave us with words of wisdom.
These can both be a source of new learning and also a point to pause and
reflect upon lessons we have learned. Within Lean active learning is an
important aspect on this journey because without learning we cannot improve.
These are
the top 10 quotes on A Lean Journey website in 2017.
1.
"Knowing
Is Not Enough; We Must Apply. Wishing Is Not Enough; We Must Do." —
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
2.
"Chaotic
Action is Preferable to Orderly Inaction." — Karl E. Weick
3.
"Enjoy
yourself. If you can’t enjoy yourself, enjoy somebody else." — Jack
Schaefer
4.
"Alone,
we can do so little; together we can do so much." — Helen Keller
5.
"Personally
I cringe at the word 'leader.' It's more about getting people do what they're
passionate about and putting them in the right context or setting. They're the
ones doing the hard work." — Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos
6.
"We
think it’s important for employees to have fun… it drives employee engagement."
— Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappas
7.
"To
succeed, one must be creative and persistent." — John H. Johnson
8.
"Most
people spend more time and energy going around problems than trying to solve
them." — Henry Ford
9.
"Simplicity
is the key to brilliance." — Bruce Lee
10. "We
are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit."
— Will Durant’s summation of Aristotle’s ideas
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