Focus is about saying no.

Steve Jobs.

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.

Via John Gruber.

Simon Graham: [narrating] And so the days of the Samurai had ended. Nations, like men, it is sometimes said, have their own destiny. As for the American Captain, no one knows what became of him. Some say that he died of his wounds. Others, that he returned to his own country. But I like to think he may have at last found some small measure of peace, that we all seek, and few of us ever find.

From The Last Samurai.

There’s people who are right, and there’s people who are happy.

Maybe one day I’ll start listening to my own wisdoms.

As a manager, you are caretaker of No for you group. When it is time to do the right thing by stopping, it’s your job to bust out the No. You defend your team against organizational insanity with No.

Via Rands in repose.