I thought I’d write down a few random thoughts. I don’t THINK I plagiarized them, but I am sure many a philosopher has had similar thoughts before. These are the sorts of things I try to keep in the back of my mind when I get up in the morning.
“If I do seven things in a day and three of them didn’t work, I still achieved more than the guy that did one thing well.”
“Empires are built on Towers. Knowing why they work is a key element in building my own Marketing Towers.”
“Don’t rely on one thing going right. It’s the one thing that won’t.”
“Success is a state of mind. Donald Trump thinks he is a success… with four bankrupt companies under his belt. Donald’s mind must be in a state.”
“Links are just relationships. Some are good. Some are bad.”
“Whatever marketing philosophy you live by – I bet you lived by another one last year.”
“I see my life as pieces on a chess board. Every action I take is aiming to advance one piece, one space. I am not looking for Mate in four, I am looking for a good game. Then occasionally I get bored and start again.”
“There’s no point in the goal, unless you enjoy the journey. The goal passes by in a minute… the journey often takes a lifetime.”
(c) Dixon Jones. 2013.
5 Comments
Peter Rigg · 21st January 2013 at 2:19 pm
The chess/life analogy is good. It’s similar to the parallels drawn in Kasparov’s book ‘How Life Imitates Chess’. I’m guessing that you’ve read that, but if not, then it’s definitely worth a read. It’s my favourite book on business 🙂
admin · 21st January 2013 at 2:48 pm
I’ll definitely read that! My chess skills are… modest. I played for county once… but only because England was playing football in the World Cup so they had trouble finding “real” players :). That said – I would probably fair well against most non-club players.
parol · 6th February 2013 at 3:06 pm
nice thoughts. sometimes we need to step back to win a game. sometimes we win sometimes we loss like chess.
WMBA · 8th March 2013 at 8:18 am
I like the last one! You will realize that as you travel along your journey and enjoying the way, your goal will manifest itself.
Reston Waste · 22nd August 2013 at 3:20 pm
Nice Quotes, Quite True also that we have to try accomplish as much as we can so that we can move forwards,