Our prevailing system of management has destroyed our people. People are born with intrinsic motivation, self-respect, dignity, curiosity to learn, joy in learning. The forces of destruction begin with toddlers - a prize for the best Halloween costume, grades in school, gold stars - and on up through the university. On the job people, teams, and divisions are ranked, reward for the top, punishment for the bottom. Management by Objectives, quotas, incentive pay, business plans, put together separately, division by division, cause further loss, unknown and unknowable. — W. Edwards Deming

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Ingenuity requires creativity.

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The thoughts we choose to think are the tools we use to paint the canvas of our lives.

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Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you are willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it. — Lou Holtz

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We put our body and minds and lives on the line for being in that ring for the fans, that's why I respect fighters. Unless they don't respect me then I can't give any respect back. — Nonito Donaire

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Creativity follows mastery, so mastery of skills is the first priority for young talent. — Benjamin Bloom

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If you care about something enough, you'll find a way to make it happen. ― Roy T. Bennett

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People are born with intrinsic motivation, self-esteem, dignity, curiosity to learn, joy in learning. — W. Edwards Deming

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If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

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Never give up on your dreams, no matter how painful and difficult your journey is. - Lisa

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