The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.
Lee IacoccaRead
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.
Interpretation
Challenges often present hidden opportunities for growth and success.
This quote by Lee Iacocca suggests that what may initially appear as insurmountable obstacles are often, when viewed from a different perspective, valuable chances for personal or professional advancement. It encourages individuals to look beyond the surface of their difficulties to uncover the potential opportunities that lie within them.
In practice
During a team meeting, you can quote this to inspire your colleagues when facing a tough project.
The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.
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Intense concentration for hour after hour can bring out resources in people that they didn't know they had.
Progress begins with the belief that what is necessary is possible.
We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything.
Delay leads impotent and snail-paced beggary.
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