"courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" - Winston Churchill

For those of you in the shipping market these days, this quote might come in handy ;-)

"your customers rarely buy, what you think you are selling" - Drucker

Many companies are internally focused, and spend more time designing products and services than they do in truly understanding what it is customers want.

"Dont ask your barber if you need a haircut!" - Warren Buffet

I often forget to think about the bias a person may have when answering a question, and getting a second opinion from someone who do not have a chip in the game is often a good idea.

"If you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount" - unknown

Its easy to select, but often difficult to de-select!

"You can teach a monkey to fly an airplane...as long as you have enough bananas" - unknown

Obviously a joke, but it is a reminder that the impossible can become possible if the incentives are big enough.

"I worked my way up from nothing to a state of extreme poverty" - Groucho Marx

Richard Branson also once said " the fastest way to become a millionaire, is to start as a billionaire and open an airline" - learning from failure and keeping a sense of humour is a rare trait.

"A person who never made a mistake, never tried anything new" - Albert Einstein

there is never a direct line towards the target, when innovating.

"Beware of geeks bearing formulas" - Warren Buffet

A wealth of data is not always good, and dangerous theories can easily be created !

I want to live in a country where the temperature is higher than the tax rate !

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