Eraldo Banovac Quotes - Page 3

If your endeavors result in success of the company in a continuity of atleast a few years, you are a successful manager. If other companies followyour business approach, you are certainly an important manager withleader characteristics.

Knowledge is a beautiful thing that can fill us with happiness. Let’s just think about our students who answered brilliantly to questions on various exams.

Be careful about financial offers that often come by email. Before you respond to such an offer, ask yourself: do I really need a new problem?

Interestingly, people often boast that they are hard workers not understanding that hardworking means spending a lot of time and energy on work.

In my opinion, the author-level metric can distort a real author's citation impact. For example, an author who has an h-index = 2 obtained on the basis of two published papers of which each is cited twenty times is more influential than an author who has an h-index = 3 obtained on the basis of three published papers of which each is cited three times.

Only knowledge and truth may result in freedom of mind.

Intellectual capacity is the key to solving any complex problem.

Don't judge people too strongly.

Learning continuously is the best way to build one's intellectual capacity.

Concerning mistakes, follow three simple rules. Firstly, correct a mistake that you made whenever it is possible. Secondly, don't repeat the same mistakes. Thirdly, learn from past mistakes.

Open-mindedness is a precondition for generating new ideas, but focusing on the problem is almost equally important.

There is a huge difference between thinking we know something and actually knowing something.

Don't think you can act perfectly. A perfect person doesn't exist. Always strive to give your best effort, and that's it.

Never lie. Firstly, you will be caught in the lie sooner or later. Secondly, count on problems when repairing the consequences of the lie. Therefore, always tell the truth no matter how unpleasant it is.

Continuously feeling superior is a characteristic of immaturity.

Each type of knowledge has value; however, from an engineering point of view, practical knowledge seems to be more valuable than theoretical knowledge.

There is no better way to improve yourself than an exchange of ideaswith peers.

The development of civilization was marked by constant changes. This will continue – therefore, the future will belong to people ready for change.

A happy man doesn't reconsider life.

Wherever you work, work hard and educate yourself continuously. You must never forget social welfare, ethics and honesty. However, there is no guarantee for your career progression. Therefore, don't expect that only the best people will be promoted.

Superficial people consider themselves capable of doing everything. The question, however, is who is willing to hire them?

Do not criticize others unless you are willing to accept criticism.

It is certain that there is no limit to the vast ocean of knowledge.

Having an open mind is the most important precondition for creatingnew ideas.

A wise man does not give quick answers to complex questions – he observes, analyzes and contemplates.

Being blinded in love and friendship is a common mistake.

Acquiring knowledge through the centuries has influenced human society more than all other factors.

Life is not complex at all when we do not think about it.

The people who overcome their fears are the ones who can achieve their dreams.

Regarding quality, the following rule is very important: do each activity right at the first time with the aim of saving money and time. Regardless of the process under consideration, the activities that were carried out badly may cause repetitions with considerable additional costs.

Idealizing life is surely quite unrealistic, however, it is much better than living in constant despair.

If you are born to lead, be a leader!

A wise man doesn't start what he doesn't know to do.

Always educate yourself regardless of how old you are.

You asked about important factors in management. I think the answer is quite simple – the most important factor is motivation.

Sometimes people think the old days were better than today. Even though life was simpler and slower, it was not necessarily easier.

Telling the truth is less demanding than telling a lie.

Only the simplest of facts can be accepted as an undisputed truth.

Knowledge as such can never be worthless.

A good thing in one's ignorance is that one doesn't know that s/hedoesn't know.

An idea is an amazing creation of the human mind, which comes either asa result of one's continuous endeavors for solving a certain problem or justas a spark that lights up the considered problem.

There is a fascinating entanglement of science and knowledge, which is expressed as scientific knowledge.

A free man does not do what must be done, but what should be done.

Learn always and wherever possible, knowing that you'll never learneverything.

In general, people accumulate knowledge gradually over a long period of time. However, there are extraordinary people all around us, who are capable of accumulating impressive amounts of knowledge within a relatively short period of time. Nevertheless, even the greatest genius possesses only a small fraction of all knowledge known by mankind. Finally, the following question arises: how large is all the existing knowledge in comparison to the space of ignorance?

In real life, the truth is a rarity, while lies are common place.

Superficial knowledge is potentially more dangerous than ignorance. It gives a false sense of security encouraging an ignorant man to persevere in his efforts that can result in huge damage.

Two things influence one's wisdom: remarkable experience and – evenmuch more – accumulated knowledge.

It is much more challenging to accept those who know a lot than those who know little.

If you cannot solve a problem, ask someone who knows.

Knowledge has a great power. Therefore, unethical use of knowledge can be extremely harmful.

By studying human history, we can realize how much of human stupidity has fallen on fertile ground. Is gravity guilty for such an occurrence too?

When an influencing idea comes to life, people cannot exactly predict all its inevitable consequences.

Acquiring knowledge is the most fruitful effort.

Good managers don't set a goal to increase efficiency, but rather an implementation of business process improvements that result in higher efficiency as well.

Reading might be the root of ideas and inventions, even in the case of leisure reading.

Most people take health at face value. Quite often people understand that health is the most valuable possession only after they become seriously ill.

Some people have a handful of ideas, but not enough time to realize them.

After all, choosing a profession is extremely challenging – it is likely thehardest thing one has to do in the period of reaching maturity.

An ideal world inhabited by carefree people is nothing more than a utopia.