Friday Quotes
An archive of the Boretti, Inc. Friday Quotes
“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.”
Businesses start off as creative ideas developed by visions brought to life through leadership and perseverance.
“Every problem is a gift—without problems we would not grow.”
Problems, usually presented to Safety Professionals as challenges, are inevitable for our organizations: or are they?
“If we win the hearts and minds of employees, we’re going to have better business success.”
The one irreplaceable resource is human: when you have the right talent in the right place, magical things happen for our organizations.
“Do not compromise on the quality and your customers will not negotiate on the price.”
Pricing: value relative to perceived cost. What is the price of safety?
“Resilience or hardiness is the ability to adapt to new circumstances when life presents the unpredictable.”
Safety processes need to mirror that same philosophy, using adaptability to strengthen their focus to producing value.
“Resilience is overcoming adversity, whilst also potentially changing, or even dramatically transforming, (aspects of) that adversity.”
The past year has definitely elevated resiliency to the forefront for businesses and safety.
“You’re as good a guitarist as anyone else”
There are times during a business’s evolution that doubts creep in, and the same is true for safety processes.
“Make it easy for staff to do the right thing.”
Successful results in business come from making it easy for the customer. In safety, that’s the challenge Safety Professionals have.
“What’s the dumb thing we can do here?”
Think about how that could work for safety: the options that remain no longer include doing nothing.
“Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.”
There is no straight line to business success just as there is no straight line to safety success.
“Customer service is not a department, it’s everyone’s job.”
How our customers experience us will determine the success we achieve.
“My only competitor is the person I was yesterday.”
We all face challenges, and as Safety Professionals know, each day presents different situations (it’s why we like the profession).