The purpose of an organization is to enable ordinary humans beings to do extraordinary things.
Peter DruckerRead
The one to distrust is the person who never makes a mistake, never commits a blunder, never fails in what he tries to do. Either he is a phony, or he stays with the safe, the tried and the trivial.
Interpretation
This quote warns against trusting those who appear flawless, as they may either be insincere or too cautious to take risks.
Peter Drucker suggests that perfection is suspect. A person who never makes mistakes or faces challenges may be avoiding genuine experiences or, worse, not being authentic. True growth and authenticity come from taking risks and learning from failures rather than sticking to comfortable and trivial pursuits. Trust should be reserved for those who embrace their imperfections and strive for growth.
In practice
In a motivational speech about overcoming failure, this quote can highlight the importance of embracing mistakes.
The purpose of an organization is to enable ordinary humans beings to do extraordinary things.
In the Western tradition, we have focused on teaching as a skill and forgotten what Socrates knew: teaching is a gift, learning is a skill.
We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn.
The basic economic resource - the means of production -_x000D_ _x000D_ is no longer capital, nor natural resources, nor labor._x000D_ _x000D_ It is and will be knowledge.
Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes... but no plans.
The strength of the computer lies in its being a logic machine. It does precisely what it is programed to do. This makes it fast and precise. It also makes it a total moron; for logic is essentially stupid.
Disability is an art - an ingenious way to live.
Perfection is not necessary to make a real and lasting difference to other people's lives.
Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.
Begin to build up confidence and joy in your own richness. That richness is the essence of generosity. It is the essence of resourcefulness ; that you can deal with whatever is available around you and not feel poverty stricken.
We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.
Antonin Artaud wrote on one of his drawings, "Never real and always true," and that is how depression feels. You know that it is not real, that you are someone else, and yet you know that it is absolutely true.
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