Life is like new product development

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Life is like new product development
Market research is the decision By the parents to
have child Product conceptualization is
conception. Development of prototype is
birth. Successful sales is working. Product
maturation is retirement. And product
obsolescence is death.
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Life is like a poker game.
You deal or are dealt to. It includes skill and
luck. You bet, check, bluff, and raise. You
learn from those you play with. Sometimes you
win with a pair or lose with a full house. But
whatever happens, it is best to keep on shuffling
along.
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Life is like a puppy dogalways searching for a
street full of fire hydrants.
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Life is like a room full of open doors that close
as you get older.
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Life is like eating grapefruit.
First, you have to break the skin then, it takes
a couple of bites to get used to the taste and
just as you begin to enjoy it, it squirts you in
the eye.
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Life is like a maze in which you try to avoid the
exit.
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Life is like a bagel.
It is delicious when its fresh and warm but
often its just hard. The hole in the middle is
its great mystery and yet it wouldnt be a bagel
without it.
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Life is like a jigsaw puzzle but you dont have
the picture on the front of the box to know what
its supposed to look like. Sometimes, youre not
even sure if you have all the pieces.
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Parable
Two men were walking down along a crowded
sidewalk in a downtown business area. Suddenly
one exclaimed Listen to that lovely cricket.
But the other could not hear. He asked his
companion how he could detect the sound of a
cricket amid the din and traffic. The first man
had trained himself to listen to the sounds of
nature. But he didnt explain. He simply took a
coin out of his pocket and dropped it to the
sidewalk, whereupon a dozen people began to look
about them. We hear, he said, what we listen
for. Kermit Long
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Treasure is not always a friend, but a friend is
always a treasure.
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A ship in port is safe, but that is not what
ships are built for.
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The artist is not a different kind of person but
every person is a different kind of person.
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You cant control the length of your life But
you can control its width and depth. You cant
control the contour of your face But you can
control the expression. You cant control the
weather But you can control the atmosphere of
your mind. Why worry about the things you cant
control when you can keep yourself busy
controlling the things that depend on you.
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Trying to do something and succeeding in part is
better than trying to do nothing and succeeding
completely.
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If the Creator had a purpose in equipping us with
a neck, she surely would have meant for us to
stick it out.
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If you spend too much time warming up youll miss
the race. If you dont warm up at all, you may
not finish the race.
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Today, we celebrate a partnership. It will stand
as our legacy. It will be our constant reminder
that together all things are possible, that there
can be no hurdle high enough to deter us, and it
will be through the art and skill of partnership
that each of us will realize the very best each
has to offer.
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Character is not an inheritance each person must
build it for himself.
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Take Time
Take time to laugh It is the music of the
soul Take time to think It is the source of
power Take time to play It is the source of
perpetual youth Take time to read It is the
fountain of wisdom Take time to pray It is the
great power on earth Take time to love and be
loved It is a God-given privilege Take time to
be friendly It is the road to happiness Take
time to give It is too short a day to be
selfish Take time to work It is the price of
success