UNCOMMON SENSE

"Common sense is not so common."

Voltaire

18th century French writer/historian

If common sense really were (common) wouldn't we see more of it?

Understand?

"Art is science made clear."

Jean Cocteau

20th century French author/filmaker

There is "science" in business that many do not understand.

From the language business people use to the contracts governing dealings.

The art happens when you make it so all do understand.

Person Of Few Words

"We never say so much as when we do not quite know what we want to say."

Eric Hoffer

20th century American philosopher

Agreed

One More Time, Listen Carefully!

"To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question."

Eric Hoffer

20th century American philosopher

Food for thought the next time you find yourself restating the "obvious" more than once.

Of Few Words

"This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read."

Winston Churchill

20th century British statesman

Understand?

Beware The Fine Print

"It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are."

Arthur Schopenhauer

Early 19th century German philosopher

"Trifles" suggests things inconsequential but when it comes to business, are you always certain you know what is and is not important?

Be careful, it's the small stuff that can take you down.

What You See, What Is?

"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are."

Anais Nin
20th century French author

. . . as we think, as we want them to be, most likely anyway but what they are.

How do you remove the "you" filter when trying to understand new things?