Not sure about the origins of this phrase, but came across in a quarterly newsletter from Greenwood Investors
revenue is vanity, profit is sanity and cash-flow is reality
OverHeard
Overheard : Return on investment from a book
Quote from “The Rebel Allocator” by Jacob L. Taylor on the return on investment from reading a book
For around ten dollars, you get to have an in-depth conversation with an expert who dedicated years to distilling all the information about a topic. For the cost of a mediocre dinner, you get access to years of another human’s effort. I did the math. If it took the author one year of work, you’re paying them about one penny per hour. How much time does this penny-per-hour investment save you in culling through information? We’re talking lifetimes.
Overheard : Giving your best
A power quote by Abraham Lincoln. Ran across it while reading The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World . BTW, the book itself it a great read on history and leadership.
I do the very best I know how – the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so to the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won’t amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right won’t make any difference.
Overheard : Contex
Joshua Hoffman on being broadminded. Referring to how each discipline is a map/model of how to view the world..but
the map is not the territory
meaning.. don’t limit yourself to one discipline. Be curious. Explore 🙂
Overheard : Data and Insights
Can’t find an attribution for this quote.. but was quoted by Harry Moseley for an interview with the Atlassian team
We have an ocean of data, but a desert of insight
Overheard : Unexpected, Unanticipated, Unfair
Caught this on a whiteboard at work 🙂
In business, just like in life, we are going to have to deal with the unexpected, the unanticipated and the unfair. Those who deal most successfully with all of it are the ones who have the attitude that indeed whatever happens is normal. That doesn’t mean that whatever happens is acceptable or pleasant. But it does mean that changes and surprises are part of life, and we can choose to either roll with the changes or the change rolls over us.
Overheard : Bias
Great quote by Mark Horstman (Manager Tools fame) on everyone being biased
You can find all the bias-less people..Under the ground 🙂
Overheard : On Communication
Simple but profound quote by Kim Moir
code is easy to patch, communication is not
https://devtomanager.com/interviews/kim-moir/
Overheard : On Reacting
I am so surprised that I haven’t heard this phrase till now. I guess I did, but didn’t pay attention :). Over heard this in a talk by a 6th grader on things he learnt from saints.
Respond and don’t react
For most of our interactions in this world, we are quick to react. But instead if we paused and responded to the situation, the world would be a better place.
Overheard : Putting into practice
Simple but powerful quote by Xun Kuang, known as Xunzi (a Chinese Confucian philosopher of the 3rd century BC)
Not having heard something is not as good as having heard it; having heard it is not as good as having seen it; having seen it is not as good as knowing it; knowing it is not as good as putting it into practice.