Wednesday Words
To Go Where Your VisionPoints, a few inspiration points for you and your business.
A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.
—Steve Jobs, BusinessWeek
Oh, hey. It’s just a coincidence that a classic* from Apple’s Steve Jobs on quality follows last week’s riff on Bill Gates’ breakthrough strategy. Think nothing of it. 
Grow and be well,
Kelly Erickson
*August 2003
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2 September 2009, 8:49 am
Think nothing of it? I think I’ll think different.
~Graham
2 September 2009, 9:03 am
The Steve has spoken.
‘Nuff said.
Okay, maybe one more thing, what was that poem called?
Oh yeah, “The Road Not Taken”.
…And that has made all the difference.
2 September 2009, 9:06 am
Too bad Nortel didn’t think the same way.
Who knows? Maybe me (and 10,000 other people) might still have been working there.
2 September 2009, 3:23 pm
Graham,
Is there another way?
Brett,
Ah, yes, one of my favorites. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if it’s one of The Steve’s, too.
Friar,
Exactly—and here we go ’round again! You may occasionally have a laugh at our Wednesday Words (mmhm I hear you inventing new “inspirations” right now), but you know, sometimes it just can’t be said better than it’s already been said. Realizing that some things never do change can be quite an eye opener.
Regards,
Kelly
2 September 2009, 4:15 pm
@Brett
“Sometimes the road less travelled is less travelled for a reason.”
- Jerry Seinfeld
2 September 2009, 10:59 pm
Friar,
Sure, Jerry is equally right, but so doggone pessimistic! No help moving mountains there!
If he was ever being serious I’ll bet he’d have some good things to say. Maybe I’ll have to look around for inspiring words from Jerry.
Later,
Kelly
3 September 2009, 6:04 pm
@Kelly
Jerry made over a million dollars each Seinfeld episode.
So pessimistic or not, whatever he’s doing, he must be doing it right.
3 September 2009, 7:55 pm
Mmm. But I can’t find him talking about it, and I gave it a good shot. So no Jerry quotes at MCE for me. Oh, well.
Here’s one from Jerry for Tipper’s favorite uncle, though:
“A dog will stay stupid. That’s why we love them so much. The entire time we know them, they’re idiots. Think of your dog. Every time you come home, he thinks it’s amazing. He has no idea how you accomplish this every day. You walk in the door; the joy of this experience overwhelms him. He looks at you, ‘He’s back. It’s that guy, that same guy.’ He can’t believe it. Everything is amazing to your dog. ‘Another can of food? I don’t believe it.’”
Until later,
Kelly
6 September 2009, 7:45 am
Hahaha! I just left a comment that basically says the same thing on the Gates’ post. Keep solving new problems (or creating new desires that people didn’t know they had) and you don’t need to plan in obsolescence.
8 September 2009, 3:22 pm
Alex,
Or keep solving old problems/ old desires… that didn’t already have obvious solutions?
It’s all good.
Later,
Kelly