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I told my wife I needed a vehicle that reflected the prestige and forward drive of my career. So for Christmas she got me a treadmill.
A corporation is a group of men and women assembled to support the words and rectify the actions of the CEO.
Bosses are like your children. Both require ceaseless care and never let you finish a sentence.
The only difference between piracy and taxation is the size of the army that collects it.
‘The only thing smaller than my cubicle is the apartment I can afford on my salary.
“I wish my boss would stop introducing me as ‘my immediate inferior.’ – Middle Management Mary
Reverse mergers are a bit like the elephant who allows himself to be swallowed by a snake so he may more easily slither to greener pastures.
There’s an investor born every minute. Alas, there are five funding-starved entrepreneurs born in that same period.
There is a fine line between posting on social media and shameless bragging. Oh, wait a minute – no, there’s not.
Anxiety is the price paid by managers who seek to achieve control rather than trust.
The most successful women in business are not those who lean in and growl like men, but those who lean in and work like horses – and smile.
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If you search hard enough, you can always find a good, solid reason not to try any venture – and it will invariably be proposed as warning – from a person who is neither succeeding – nor smiling.
A leader is not defined by his talent, his motivational tricks, his charisma – The only thing that creates a leader is the number and energy of people who willing follow him.
Vision is a path that your staff deems impossible, your attorney deems illegal, your board feels is unsafe, and your CFO seeks to smother under a blanket of numbers.
If you really – really get serious about everything you do – Well you probably won’t enjoy yourself any better than anyone else does.
The only thing that’s expanding faster than our company is the amount of advice for sale on how we can grow even bigger.
A leader is not defined by his talent, his motivational tricks, his charisma – The only thing that creates a leader is the number and energy of people who willing follow him.
Write what you know. That should leave you a lot of free time.
Our project manager speaks as if there were a prize for the longest sentence and largest words used at a meeting.
Praise, like power, is as fleeting as romance in a brothel – for a richer diet – try growing your own accomplishments and dining off their harvest.
Three things you cannot cover up: your true intentions, your attitude toward your employees, and products that tend to catch on fire.
Teach a man to shoplift and youcan feed him for a day, but teach him to steal your identity and he’ll dine on steak and caviar far into the future.
Entrepreneurs originally choose their niche, but those who survive let customers re-shape it.
Speaking to one another was a precursor of texting. The older folks – the ones with all the money – claimed it was the most profitable method of communication.
If you truly believe that you are a self-made man, you have doubtless botched your creation.
Vision is a path that your staff deems impossible, your attorney deems illegal, your board feels is unsafe, and your CFO seeks to smother under a blanket of numbers.
Three things you cannot cover up: your true intentions, your attitude toward your employees, and products that tend to catch on fire.
Living Cautiously is an oxymoron – Living is by nature done ecessively – with a leap and a fling. After each episode, you pay the price, rise and stagger on – but always with a smile.
The rich get richer, but the informed buy them out.
A dull manager, like a dull axe, is more likely to bruise than polish.
My boss despises me. I loathe him – and told him so. He fired me. My monthly income dropped to $0. It’s true. Business is all about relationships.
We just hired the Deluxe Model Marketing Director. He comes not only with all the standard “innovative” ideas, but with the drive and energy to carry them out.
Going to foreign venture capital financiers without a guide is like fishing for shark by hanging your toes overboard.
Data makes great ammunition. The hastier your decision, the more of data you must amass to defend it.
Success in Boxing or any other business depends partly on how much punch you can deliver, but equally, on how many punches you can take and still keep swipe.
The trouble with our internet marketing is that we have too many visitors clicking “Like” and not enough clicking “Add to Cart.”
Boards of Directors are just like any other business team, except their suits are much better tailored and they have a lot more money to play with.
Those who cannot sell take refuge in marketing where they may revel in the theory of selling.
If, in your eyes, clothes and cash make the man – you need either new eyes, or a better man.
The key to advertising is to prevent you from believing what your rational mind knows is true.
Most folks will work 10% harder for double the salary – but ask them to double their workload and they want to be crowned king.
Calling a man “Creative Director” does not make him so. Alas, innovative thought does not seem to particularly favor high sounding titles.
America’s founding fathers were able to win the Revolution because they forgot to assign anyone to risk assessment.
I guess my boss must love my work, otherwise, why would she keep taking credit for it?
Nothing exceeds the number of today’s new investment instruments, except the number of financial advisors seeking to fondle, guide, and share in your wealth.
In American business, being successful is helpful Appearing successful is a necessity.
An entrepreneur is someone who believes she can make a fortune if only she has the right boss.
If you believe that you are an entirely self-made man, then you have doubtless botch your creation.
Every senior manager wants to be loved, but what he really gets a kick out of is being envied.
America’s founding fathers were able to win the Revolution because they forgot to assign anyone to risk assessment.
Most folks will work 10% harder for double the salary – but ask them to double their workload and they want to be crowned king.
An ethical businessperson is one who is currently serving your own self-interest.
Nothing is uglier in business than naked ambition – cloak it in a love of hard work.
Being a CEO is less of a learning curve and more akin to being expected to step off a ledge and learning to fly.
Will Rogers proposed to solve today’s traffic problem allowing “no car on the road until it is paid for.” In 1928!
Entrepreneurs who work like heck all day & never get out are like great manuscripts placed in a desk drawer and forgotten. Go Get Social.
Is your business small – or temporarily small? Prepared to take the Growth leap?
Who’s the better leader: the one who makes the most decisions or the one whose team makes the most decisions?
Never underestimate the power of a handwritten thank you note.
The most beneficial form of flattery is connecting a new acquaintance with an old one.
April 15th notes the death of prolonged procrastination and the birth of desperate deduction – Happy Tax Day
Best indication of leadership success: other firms keep trying to hire your staff away.
Our project manager speaks as if there were a prize for the largest words and longest sentences uttered at a meeting.
It remains this firm’s policy to allow telecommuting only to those employees who have proved themselves most annoying in the office.
I do wish my boss would stop introducing me as her “immediate inferior.
Time for the timid to tremble – and leave success to the brave. Merry dawning of Spring.
As an effective business demeanor, seriousness is like old Scotch – highly overrated.
I loved Pope Francis D.C. Address. “Twas so nice to hear someone preach Peace and Cooperation without an opposition party rebuttal.
The trouble with our executives is that they take their title as their sole job description.
Why is it the most effective advice seems to come from the person sweating right alongside you?
Leaders can inspire the troops to scrabble up a brick wall. Managers make sure enough ladders are in place. You need both.
The man who dies rich, dies disgraced,” Andrew Carnegie wrote in an article, entitled “The Gospel of Wealth.
The speaker who reads their slides at presentation, must learn to project over snoring. Death by Powerpoint is a crime.
Too busy to spend time with yourself – just your unplugged self alone? Whittle down your schedule & make a selfie date.
Teach a man to shoplift and you can feed him for a day, but teach him to steal your identity and he’ll dine on steak far into the future.
Before implementing this year’s innovations, Mr. CEO, can you tell me the profit$ generated by last years?
Business seeks to control school content & breed more skilled followers. So where will the thinkers come from?
Pyramids are impressive, but they house only the dead. Still in a hierarchical corporation? Time to flatten it.
Why is it meetings are always so much more tiring than work? BTW, how many necessary meetings do you attend per week?
Acquiring a brilliant new company in hopes of feeding off its innovation is a bit like adopting young Al Einstein in hopes of improving your accounting math.
If the competition keeps trying to lure your staff away, and they refuse to leave, you are doing something very right.
Today a male cardinal fed his mate with seeds from our birdfeeder. Chivalry lives – helped your lady lately?
The best investment of your cash is the diligent study time you take to scrutinize the recipient of your funds.
The average cost of a wedding in the U.S. is $25,000.00. Average bridal gown cost is $1,357.00 Am in the wrong business?
If you can afford to pay your people what they are worth – you need better people.
You know you’re dealing with an important corporation when neither the executive’s title nor its owner’s description give any indication as to what he actually does.
The rich get richer – but the informed buy them out.
If 23%of those shopping on Black Friday line up at stores between midnight and 6 am are the rest of the shoppers slackers?
In the 1960’s we students protested to forge a better future. Today, students protest to rewrite the past. That is very sad.
Balance: It is very important to balance your personal and professional lives.
Customer Service Is like taking a bath, you have to always do it.
Happiness Homework – Rise before dawn, stride instantly outside. ‘neath Eos’ roseate rays, sing a song – let your lyrics (rhyme or not) – bellow ‘em loudly.
Pyramids are impressive, but they house only the dead. Still in a hierarchical corporation? Time to flatten it.
Business seeks to control school content & breed more skilled followers. So where will the thinkers come from?
Is the best CEO the person making the most decisions – or the fewest? (Hint: does the staff act independently?)
Before implementing this year’s innovations, Mr. CEO, can you tell me the profit$ generated by last year’s?
That phone visibly protruding from your ear says to all, ” I have more important people to meet than with you.“
Do you know what you could do to make life easier for those folks in the other departments? Why not?
Can the deep personal connection demanded for leadership be gleaned from a 6-item recipe list? Perhaps success lies not in recipes.
Why is it the most effective advice seems to come from the person sweating right alongside you?
Percent of worldwide workers “actively engaged” in their jobs (they love ‘em): 13%. Actively disengaged (hate) their jobs: 24%.
Average starting salary for 2014 Liberal Arts grads in US: $41,605. In 1970: $7,600. Let’s get a Prosche!
Number of trade and professional associations in the US in 2014: 90,908. And the reason you can’t find one you like is…?
Leaders can inspire the troops to scrabble up a brick wall. Managers make sure enough ladders are in place. You need both.
Best indication of leadership success: other firms keep trying to hire your staff away.
Who’s the better leader: the one who makes the most decisions or the one whose team makes the most decisions?
Never underestimate the power of a handwritten thank you note.
As proof that TV is a medium neither rare nor well done, look for Bart Jackson – featured guest on PrincetonTV.org’s Talented People show.
Average cost of a wedding in US: $25,200. Average bridal gown cost: $1,357. Am I in the wrong business? – BartsBooks.com.
TRUE STORY: Her 1st event, caterers didn’t show; 2nd– restaurant catches fire; 3rd– FBI raids. Solution – build own hall. Got gumption?
The best investment of your cash is the diligent study time you take to scrutinize the recipient of your funds.
Number of Attorneys in US – 450,000. Drop in law school applicants from 2011 to 2014: 11 percent. The legal surfeit wanes.
Investing in Startups is a thrilling & risky ride with (maybe) dazzling profits. TheArtoftheCEO radio – 5/19/15 advises.
Today a male cardinal fed his mate with seeds from our birdfeeder. Chivalry lives – helped your lady lately?
Will Rogers proposed to solve today’s traffic problem allowing “no car on the road until it is paid for.” In 1928!
Does the “Membership Economy” build new virtual communities or just open our lives to more target marketing?
Nothing is uglier in business than naked ambition – cloak it in a love of hard work.
There are 1,025,109.8 words in the English Language authoritatively states Global Language Monitor. What’s the .8 word???
Average CEO compensation for America’s top 350 firms: $15.2 million – 300+ times average worker’s salary.
The most beneficial form of flattery is connecting a new acquaintance with an old one.
Amount taxpayer earning $118,500 contributes into Social Security Insurance fund in 2015: $7,347.
Amount taxpayer earning $118,500 contributes into Social Security Insurance fund in ‘15: $7,347. Retiring, he deserves?
April 15th notes the death of prolonged procrastination and the birth of desperate deduction – Happy Tax day, BartsBooks.com
Isn’t glorious that Spring’s first flowers – daffodils & forsythia – reflect the colors of bright sun? Yes – look outside.
The wonderful & terrifying thing about business as usual – is that it never is.
The Ides of March: Brutus killed his friend & leader Julius Caesar. When does a leader get too big to survive?
Working hard when your life depends on it is sensible. Working hard when only your dreams depend on it is Joy,
Common Myths. Millennials are folks pursuing different paths to happiness than their elders. Therefore they are both bad and lazy.
The success rate for women seeking VC funds is the exact same as men. But men get 90 % of VC funds. Are males more greedy or desperate?
Always hold a drink at networking parties. It keeps your hands occupied and out of other people’s pockets.
The top selling internet sales category is Women’s Apparel. Men’s apparel doesn’t even make the top 20. My office reflects that – Yours?
Entrepreneurs who work like heck all day & never get out are like great manuscripts placed in a desk drawer and forgotten.
Go Get social.
Startup failure rate by industry – Highest: Real estate (58%). Lowest: Information (37%). This proves that selling Air is better than land.
Common Wisdom: if you send six e-blasts a day about your new product innovation and see no sales gain – redouble your efforts and send 12.
Amount stolen from U.S. businesses in 2012: $50 Billion. Amount spent on Cyber Security: $59 Billion.
87% of successful marketing firms launched in the last decade are owned by women. What do they know that men don’t?
Gender-based business guides are artificial. What works for the CEO of Pepsi – works for the CEO of Coke. – Bartsbooks.com
Is your business small – or temporarily small? Prepared to take the Growth step leap?
Information is like crude oil: cheap & plentiful by the barrel. Refining helps, but setting it afire’s what really works.
Anyone can harvest data. A rare few can ferment it into truth. But it takes a real master to distill that truth into sweet wisdom.
Pyramids are great – Pyramids are impressive, but they house only the dead. Still in a hierarchical corporation? Time to flatten it.
Business seeks to control school content & breed more skilled followers. So where will the thinkers come from?
Is the best CEO the person making the most decisions – or the fewest? (Hint: does staff act independently?)
Before implementing this year’s innovations, Mr. CEO, can you tell me the profit$ generated by last year’s?
Are you aware of your absolute best efforts vs. those you are giving your job now? Whaddya think would bring those two closer – more laughs, direction?
If you know exactly how much each coworker has progressed in comparison to you, you are wasting far too much time comparing.
The speaker who reads her slides at presentation, must learn to project over snoring. Death by Powerpoint is a crime.
That phone visibly protruding from your ear says to all, “I have more important people to meet with than you.” -BartsBooks.com
Too busy to spend time with yourself – just your unplugged self alone? Whittle down your schedule & make a selfie date.
Do you know what you could do to make life easier for those folks in the other departments? Why not?
If the C-suite folks know your name, ‘tis a good sign. If also the custodian greets you warmly by your first name, your success is assured.
Why is it meetings are always so much more tiring than work? BTW, how many necessary meetings do you attend per week?