Tag: Team Playing
Wisdom for Teams #23
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“Without the understanding that we need a particular form of aid at every crucial threshold in our lives, and without the robust vulnerability in asking for that help, we cannot pass through the door that bars us from the next dispensation of our lives.”
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DAVID WHYTE (Born 1955), Anglo-Irish poet; His writing explores the timeless relationship of human beings to their world, to creation, to others, and to the end of life itself.
Wisdom for Teams #22
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“Why not whip the teacher when the student misbehaves?”
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DIOGENES THE CYNIC (412 or 404 – 323 BCE), Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Cynic philosophy.
Wisdom for Teams #21
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“If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve their ship, they would keep it in port forever.”
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Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 1274), Influential Italian philosopher, theologian, and jurist; a Dominican friar and priest.
Wisdom for Teams #20
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“It is the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) that those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.”
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CHARLES DARWIN (1809 – 1882), English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution.
Wisdom for Teams #19
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“Teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.”
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PATRICK LENCIONI (born 1965), American author and speaker on business management, best known for the book The Five Dysfunctions of a Team.
Wisdom for Teams #18
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“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
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ARISTOTLE (384–322 BCE), Greek philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece.
Wisdom for Teams #17
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“When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.”
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G. K. CHESTERTON (1874 – 1936), English writer, philosopher, theologian, and literary and art critic.
Wisdom for Teams #16
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“It is impossible for a person to begin to learn what they think they already know.”
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EPICTETUS (c. 50 – c. 135 CE), Greek Stoic philosopher.
Wisdom for Teams #15
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“A person convinced against their will
is of the same opinion still.”
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DALE CARNEGIE (1888 – 1955), American writer and lecturer, developer of courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking, and interpersonal skills. Author of the popular bestseller How to Win Friends and Influence People (1936).
Wisdom for Teams #14
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“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
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SOCRATES (c. 470 – 399 BC), Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy.