Burrus Quotes & Sayings

The move from scarcity thinking to abundance thinking, from zero-sum competition to one-hundred-sum collaboration, is not just a "nice" or "moral" idea. In the twenty-first century, it's plain good sense. Scarcity says, "I'm going to keep all my ideas to myself and sell more than anyone else." Abundance says, "By mentoring, coaching, and sharing all our best ideas, we're going to create a powerful tide that raises all our ships-and we'll all sell more as a result. — Daniel Burrus

I think all of us are looking at the future with yesterday's eyes. — Daniel Burrus

Love is ruthless; it doesn't feel sorry for anyone, but it does have compassion. Fear is full of pity; it feels sorry for everyone. — Miguel Angel Ruiz

The best thing you can do for yourself is to accept other people's behavior and the choices they make. You may not agree with them, you may even wish them to do things differently, but accept it. Just as you would appreciate other people accepting the choices that you make. — Jennifer O'Neill

To thrive in this new age of hyper-change and growing uncertainty, it is now an imperative to learn a new competency - how to accurately anticipate the future. — Daniel Burrus

It used to be that the big eat the small; now it's the fast that eat the slow. Fast is the new big. — Daniel Burrus

Focus on competition has always been a formula for mediocrity. — Daniel Burrus

There's only one way to assure consistently good work. That is consistently thorough preparation. — Andrew Loomis

Keeping up is a fool's game; seek advantage instead. — Daniel Burrus

Information is power only if you can take action with it. Then, and only then, does it represent knowledge and, consequently, power. — Daniel Burrus

And still the time, especially in the economy, is very tough, very difficult. It's necessary to be active still, to work, to fight, to make our economy more competitive. — Aleksander Kwasniewski

I'm not used to girls, or familiar with their customs. I feel awkward around them, I don't know what to say. I know the unspoken rules of boys, but with girls I sense that I am always on the verge of some unforeseen, calamitous blunder. — Margaret Atwood

Discontent by itself does not invariably create a desire for change. Other factors have to be present before discontent turns into disaffection. One of these is a sense of power. Those who are awed by their surroundings do not think of change, no matter how miserable their condition. When our mode of life is so precarious as to make it patent that we cannot control the circumstances of our existence, we tend to stick to the proven and the familiar. We counteract a deep feeling of insecurity by making of our existence a fixed routine. We hereby acquire the illusion that we have tamed the unpredictable. — Eric Hoffer

As much as possible, I put my family first. — Jill Soloway

But if you eat this chap who's God,' said Llewelyn stoutly, 'how can it be horrible? If it's alright to eat God why is it horrible to eat Jim Whittle?'
'Because,' said Dymphna reasonably, ' if you eat God there's always plenty left. You can't eat God up because God just goes on and on and on and God can't ever be finished ... — Anthony Burgess

Theres no competitive advantage in being just like everyone else. — Daniel Burrus

That's all any of us have in the end, isn't it? there is death ahead of all of us. And so we live. — Amanda Sun

Life is a journey. Part of that journey is not just using your talents, but trying to decide what is your gift and then directing your talents to support your gift so you can soar to new heights. — Daniel Burrus