Collaborate With People You Can Learn From Quotes & Sayings

The real perfectibility of man may be illustrated, as I have
mentioned before, by the perfectibility of a plant. The object of the
enterprising florist is, as I conceive, to unite size, symmetry, and beauty
of colour. It would surely be presumptuous in the most successful
improver to affirm, that he possessed a carnation in which these
qualities existed in the greatest possible state of perfection. However
beautiful his flower may be, other care, other soil, or other suns, might
produce one still more beautiful. — Thomas Robert Malthus

In hell the cooks are English, the journalists are Russian and the policemen are Spanish. — David Serafin

Collaborate with people you can learn from — Pharrell Williams

Like following life through creatures you dissect,
You lose it in the moment you detect. — Alexander Pope

It was one of those happy days that God grants us sometimes on earth to give us an idea of the bliss of heaven. — Johann David Wyss

It seems to me that I am shooting a flower. — Victor Hugo

Loyalty binds me, — Jeff Wheeler

He mentioned the connection between us. He identified with me. These are the things that many people want to hear, that most "normal" people want to be able to truthfully say, but almost no one can. — Rasmenia Massoud

Depression is all about if you loved me you would. As in, if you loved me you would stop doing your schoolwork, stop going out drinking with your friends on a Saturday night, stop accepting starring roles in theater productions, and stop doing everything besides sitting here by my side and passing me Kleenex and aspirin while I lie and creak and cry and drown myself and you in my misery. — Elizabeth Wurtzel

To Do Start with a conversation - a "stay interview." Learn about your talented employees' goals and what they love (or don't love) about their work. Don't stop with one chat. Talk (and listen!) daily, weekly, monthly. Develop a true relationship with every single person you hope to keep on your team. Hold "Alas Clinics" - opportunities to talk with others about talented people who have left your team lately. Why did they go? What role (if any) did you play in their leaving? How can you prevent more unwanted turnover? Think about who might be "loose in the saddle" (about ready to leave you); talk with them soon, and collaborate with them to get more of what they want and need from you, from the team, from their jobs. Go big picture. Ask yourself, "What kind of work environment do I want to create?" Then figure out what you need to do in order to make that vision come alive. Then - go do it! — Beverly Kaye

When you can't draw chameleons and you can't draw blenders, it's a bad idea to write strips where chameleons become blenders. — Stephan Pastis

I do a lot of collaborations and productions, whether it's Switch or Steve Aoki or No ID or Will Smith or No Doubt - I always like to collaborate and be a quality control person for the people 'cause I have my own taste in music and bring that to other peoples' brands and help them learn a little bit. — Diplo