A few thoughts inspired by famous quotes:
Anyone can give up. Its the easiest thing to do.
“No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or emotional appeal.”
Be willing to surrender what you are for what you could become.”
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Monday 29 November, 2010
Monday 19 April, 2010
Commom Sense is Not Common
Why is it called common sense anyway?
A lot of business sense and expertise is common sense. Many excellence programs distill to common sense. ISO 9001 QMS, TPM, 5S, Six Sigma... You name it. An essential and substantial ingredient of all these is common sense.
Most important insights are plain common sense. Or so they see, after you learn it. Like Peter Drucker's insights on business for example.
But Common sense is not commonly present. Most of our life experience is about aquiring this common sense. Why call it common sense if it is not common anyway? Perhaps the 'common' does not mean 'present everywhere', it probably means 'applies universally' to many things.
A lot of business sense and expertise is common sense. Many excellence programs distill to common sense. ISO 9001 QMS, TPM, 5S, Six Sigma... You name it. An essential and substantial ingredient of all these is common sense.
Most important insights are plain common sense. Or so they see, after you learn it. Like Peter Drucker's insights on business for example.
But Common sense is not commonly present. Most of our life experience is about aquiring this common sense. Why call it common sense if it is not common anyway? Perhaps the 'common' does not mean 'present everywhere', it probably means 'applies universally' to many things.
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