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Roosevelt on indecision

Neal Enssle — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 13:43:29 +0000

“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Seth Godin on the only possible response

Neal Enssle — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:35:58 +0000

“The only possible response… isn’t.”

— Seth Godin, http://sethgodin.typepad.com

M. Feathers Art of programming

Neal Enssle — Tue, 11 May 2010 12:00:28 +0000

“The Art of Programming is doing one !@%^$ thing at a time.”

— Michael Feathers, Twitter, 5/11/2010

Gandalf on wisdom

Neal Enssle — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:01:09 +0000

“He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.”

— Gandalf the Grey, J. R. R. Tolkien’s “The Fellowship of the Ring”

Beck: Methodologies

Neal Enssle — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:26:51 +0000

“All methodologies are based on fear.”

— Kent Beck

Lister: Think Faster

Neal Enssle — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:42:33 +0000

“People under time pressure don’t think faster.”

— Tom Lister

Grove: Technology

Neal Enssle — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 15:45:53 +0000

“A fundamental rule in technology says that whatever can be done will be done.”

— Andrew Grove

Berkun: Calling bullshit

Neal Enssle — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 10:03:07 +0000

“Calling ‘bullshit’ makes things happen. If people expect you will ask them tough questions, and not hesitate to push them hard until you get answers, they will prepare for them before they meet with you. They will not waste your or your teams’ time.”

— Scott Berkun, The Art of Project Management

Berkun: Bad ideas

Neal Enssle — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:01:17 +0000

“I do not know where the phrase ‘there are no bad ideas’ came from, but I’m certain it’s wrong… I have incontrovertible evidence that there are an infinite number of awful, horrible, useless, comically stupid, and embarrassingly bad ideas”

— Scott Berkun, The Art of Project Management

Berkun: Thinking outside the box

Neal Enssle — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 12:55:48 +0000

“Do whatever you want with the box. Think in the box, out of the box, on the box under the box, tear apart and make a fire out of the box, whatever, as long as you manage to solve the problems identified as the goals for the projects.”

— Scott Berkun, The Art of Project Management