Humans are evolutionarily predisposed to resist change and, the older we get the more change resistant we become.. Nevertheless, despite our instinctive resistance to change, we must learn to embrace new challenges. In today’s society the pace of development is immensely accelerating, and as Charles Darwin said once: “It is […]
It was more than 50 years ago that Paul Oscar Johnson, a Major League Baseball outfielder said: “The word ‘meaningful’ when used today is nearly always meaningless.” We’ll try to prove him wrong… There are many great meaningful words, from the past as well as from the present. Our hand-picked […]
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. This Swedish Proverb summarises very well the whole message of this quotes collection. One worries far too much. What will happen will happen. You can do nothing about it! Have you ever watched a hamster racing around one of those circular […]
The expression ‘think outside the box’ is a mantra frequently quoted, especially in business meetings. Its intention is to encourage creativity, innovation, and imaginative thinking. However, in most cases the phrase is meaningless and instead becomes a rather misleading cliché… Firstly, you need not only to understand ‘the box’ concept […]
Throughout our website Soccerwidow we talk about statistics, especially in connection with sports results, odds calculation, and betting, and we can assure you that nothing within this field carries a full one hundred percent probability. But when it comes to the subject of life, absolute certainty does exist. The undesirable […]
Since the dawn of time, the descent of man has revolved around teamwork, and today, successful organisations in any sphere of life all rely on a teamwork ethic with people working together towards a common goal. Our collection of quotes on the topic of cooperation, winning teams and teamwork are […]
It was either the famous writer Mark Twain or the 19th-century British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli who said: “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” This saying means that statistics can be used for very wrong purposes and the persuasive power of numbers can assist to […]
Insurance has a reputation for annoying, high-pressure salespeople, an abundance of small print, unnecessarily sold contracts, unreasonably high premiums, claims being disputed or not paid at all, and so on… However, what many people fail to realise is that the underlying principle of insurance is, “the premiums of the many […]
“Business is complicated and imperfect. Every business everywhere is staffed with imperfect human beings and exists by providing an imperfect product or service to other imperfect human beings.” Wise words by Bob Parsons, the founder of the Go Daddy group. Try to remember that! Nothing is (or ever can be) […]
Being a player is part of life’s game. Welcome to our hand-picked collection of 25 of the best quotes about ‘playing’ by famous champions, historians, philosophers, professional sportsmen and sportswomen, chess grandmasters, famous rock singers, baseball, football and soccer players and many more… Although the paths to glory may seem […]
