Quotes About Responsiveness

You got to have people at the top who respond to and are selected by presidents.

A president, like a college freshman, can't know in advance which questions he'll have to answer or what topics he'll have to master. He has to be flexible, supple, and responsive. He has to be comfortable with multiple-choice.

I was talking to my lawyer and he was saying we have to meet with somebody right away because they really want to get something done. I said, okay, how about tomorrow? He said, 'Well no, it's going to take at least two weeks.' And I had to explain, 'Where I'm from, right away means if we don't do something in half an hour somebody dies.

in my experience, one of the guiding principles of human relations is "what have you done for me lately"—but it was something, a small antidote against the potential poison of his professional affiliations.

Treat me well, and I'll treat you better. Treat me badly, and I'll treat you worse.

Over two centuries ago Adam Smith observed that individual freedom of choice ensures the most efficient production and distribution of society's goods. A competitive market, unhindered by the government and filled with entrepreneurs eager to pinpoint consumers' needs and desires, will be exquisitely responsive to them.

everything is handled right now on the spot.

Take the first clue that he is backing off as an indication that something could be seriously wrong. Although your first instinct is to move closer, the more appropriate action is to move away. Know that your reassurance and acceptance will not alleviate his problem. Quite the opposite, it may be causing the problem. So don't work at being extra-giving, loving, attentive, etc. It's the wrong reaction.

People aren't "good" or "bad." People are people, and they respond to incentives. They can nearly always be manipulated—for good or ill—if only you find the right levers.

As pessoas não são boas ou más. As pessoas são pessoas e, como tal, reagem a incentivos. Quase sempre os indivíduos são manipuláveis - para o bem ou para o mal -, bastando, para tanto, encontrar as alavancas certas.

Some are products of the misconception that the benefits of democracy come from elections, whereas they depend more on having a government that is constrained in its powers, responsive to its citizens, and attentive to the results of its policies (chapter

A responsible person decides to make a problem his or her problem, and then works diligently—even ambitiously—for its solution, with other people, in the most efficient manner possible (efficient, because there are other problems to solve, and efficiency allows for the conservation of resources that might then be devoted importantly elsewhere).

When you don't know what to do, you must be prepared to do anything and everything, in case it becomes necessary. You're sitting in your car with the gas and brake pedals both punched to the mat. Too much of that and everything falls apart.

Useful goals for retrospectives include the following: Find ways to improve our practices. Discover what we were doing well. Understand reasons behind missed targets. Find ways to improve our responsiveness to customers. Rebuild damaged relationships.

The person of faith looks up to God, not at him or down on him. The servant assumes a certain posture, a stance. If he or she fails to take that posture, attentive responsiveness to the master's commands will be hard.

We try and reply to as many fans as we can, especially on Twitter.

The real issue is, are you available to the folks you represent? And I am.

America, I am not ignoring you.

Our players are not immune to the things that are going on in society.

There's a real moral imperative in being an organization that takes the time to sit and listen to the customers and the people they're serving.

But in the end our government usually - not unfailingly - is responsive to the people; and usually - not always - will try to do what is right.

Governments that don't need to broaden their tax base have few incentives to respond to the needs of their people.

A cat is there if you call her- if she doesn't have anything better to do.

I try to be available for life to happen to me