NEW IDEAS

'If you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.'

Source: Akio Morita

RESPECT

'When you do something others don't have the balls to do, respect starts to roll your way'.

Source: Duncan Bannatyne.

CUSTOMERS

'Don't be afraid of your competitors - be afraid of your customers.'

Source: Jeff Bezos

EXPLOITING TECHNOLOGY

'It will be the ability to exploit the technology and deliver business and public benefit, rather than technical excellence in itself, that will distinguish the most successful businesses’.

Source: Charles Hughes, chairman of BCS. Nov 2006.

STAYING CALM

'Keep calm and carry on.'

Source: Unpublished propaganda poster commissioned by the Ministry of Information in 1939.

DOING THE WRONG THING

‘You can do three things in Irish politics, the right thing, the wrong thing or nothing at all. I’ve always thought it’s best to do the wrong thing than nothing at all.’

Source: Brian Faulkner

SIMPLICITY FOLLOWS...

'Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.'

Source: Alan Perlis

EXPECTING TO SUCCEED

‘Don’t be satisfied with yesterday, choose the right equipment, use it the right way, refuse to compromise, because you can expect to succeed. Then start again.‘

Source: Ron Dennis

DEADLINES

'A deadline is a great motivator, and without that projects can loose their way.'

Source: Duncan Bannatyne

DIFFICULTIES

'Settle one difficulty and you keep a hundred others away.'

Source: Anon (Chinese proverb)

COMPLEXITY

'It's impossible to think big without thinking complex'.

Source: Duncan Bannatyne

CROSSROADS

‘Luck is a crossroad where preparation and opportunity meet.’

Source: Jesse Jackson.

A-B

A-B The hyphen should be the exciting part.

Source: Mercedes poster