We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines. Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn't be in this business.
I think for any small business that's bootstrapped, the overwhelming challenge initially is getting to positive cash flow.
Often, the pressure of the business and fear of having an open position encourages us to hire people who are either not right for the job or not ready to take on the responsibility.
Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally.
Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame's is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement.
When you just arrive in L.A., you are in a great position, as you are 'fresh meat,' and people will meet you and give you a chance.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.
In honor of Surgeon General Koop's legacy, we should ensure that the position of surgeon general is protected from political interference, funded appropriately and nominated from the ranks of career public health professionals who merit consideration...
There are no plans that always work in life. For me, the secret to happiness is being positive and looking at the brighter side of my life.
The position I took at the time was that we hadn't really examined any of the potential environmental consequences of introducing genetically modified organisms.
Fortunately, in President Obama, the child of an African and an American, we finally have a leader who is uniquely positioned to bridge the great reparations divide.
You know what? I'm not always in a positive, happy place. But I'm able to concentrate enough to come up with a really good song.
I have nothing to lose and think that it's a positive thing that I am young and playing on a good level.
That's what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It's a positive feedback cycle.
If you want to give me a good faceful for one of my political positions, I can take it.
You can have meaning, accomplishment, engagement and good relationships, even if you are dull on the positive affect side.
Constructive criticism is about finding something good and positive to soften the blow to the real critique of what really went on.
Prince Charles is definitely my hero; he uses his position to do only good in this world.
I try to avoid saying anything positive about any presidential candidate for fear that if I actually like them then I will kill their campaign.
And I'm a pretty positive person - I don't put a lot of energy into worrying, and I'm not a person who lives in a great deal of fear.
The only force that can overcome an idea and a faith is another and better idea and faith, positively and fearlessly upheld.
