Brainy Thoughts

“In knowledge work, the task is not given, it has to be determined.”

Peter Ferdinand Drucker (November 19, 1909, November 11, 2005) Austrain management author & guru. Moved to USA in 1937, was naturalized in 1943. Professor of Management at New York University from 1950 to 1971. From 1971 to his death he was the Clarke Professor of Social Science and Management at Claremont Graduate University.

Drucker was interested in the growing importance of people who worked with their minds rather than their hands. He was intrigued by employees who know more about certain subjects than their bosses or colleagues and yet had to cooperate with others in a large organization. Drucker analyzed it and explained how it challenged the common thinking about how organizations should be run.

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”

George Bernard Shaw

“In matters of principal, stand like a rock.
In matters of taste, swim with the current.”

Thomas Jefferson 1743 – 1826

Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States (18011809), principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and an influential Founding Father of the United States.
A political philosopher who promoted classical liberalism, republicanism, and the separation of church and state, he was the author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1779, 1786), which was the basis of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.

“An apple every eight hours will keep three doctors away.”

“Any numpty can have the facts, but having an opinion is an art.”

Authors Unknown

“A fool with a tool is still a fool.”

Author Unknown

“Creativity is not in the finding of a thing, but in the making something of it when it is found.”

James Russell Lowell (1819, 1891), American Romantic poet, critic, satirist, writer, diplomat, and abolitionist.