Friday Quotes
An archive of the Boretti, Inc. Friday Quotes“Let’s go invent tomorrow rather than worrying about what happened yesterday.”
There are many fundamental elements that work together to bring success, none more important than safety. Increase that value: be profitably safe this year.
“Focus on being productive not busy.”
Controlling risk means to ensure people can feel valued and valuable through the realization that the resource they provide (i.e., skills, knowledge, application) is the real reason for business success. That’s safety being productive, not busy.
“Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you.”
Safety is much like this: the need is to ensure business continuity by servicing risk, thus fulfilling the want of business sustainability.
“If you count all your assets, you always show a profit.”
The idea that business success is always measured by financial profit isn’t the whole picture. Safety is one of those key, core components: without it, assets aren’t as protected and detrimental risk is taken.
“How is your risk tolerance today?”
To work efficiently and profitability while taking the opportunities, safety is integral: after all, it’s humans who make the business run.
“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”
Competition. Safety draws a parallel to this type of risk: we are always challenged to show value; show relevance.
“There’s no shortage of remarkable ideas, what’s missing is the will to execute them.”
Time, research, planning, and flexibility increase the success rate of new businesses AND safety processes: safety IS part of better business.
“I Use the 72 Hour Rule”
We all know what it’s like to react with frustration and anger. Safety is much more successful without frustration.
“Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.”
Safety professionals know that running and growing a safety process is a series of opportunities that avail themselves.
“If people like you, they’ll listen to you, but if they trust you, they’ll do business with you.”
Business success is based on relationships: so too is safety success. Without it, there are no transactions.
“We have a strategic plan. It’s called doing things.”
Herb Kelleher’s philosophy was based on finding efficient ways to get work done, and he understood safety was paramount to retaining customers.
“Almost everything worthwhile carries with it some sort of risk…”
Going into space and going into business opportunities carry risk, yet both can be done successfully; Safety Professionals make the difference.