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"You Can Buy a Man's Time..."

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“You can buy a man's time, you can buy a man's physical presence at a certain place, you can even buy a measured number of skilled muscular motions per hour or day. But you cannot buy enthusiasm, you cannot buy initiative, you cannot buy loyalty; you cannot buy the devotion of hearts, minds, and souls. You have to earn these things.”

― Clarence Francis


Posted on: July 03, 2017 10:26 AM | Permalink

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Cheikh FAYE Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Expert, CEO and owner| Eurêka Technologies Dakar, Senegal
HiJulia, what a nice, true and beautiful quotation. With few words, all the realities in companies during so many millenniums of labor relations have been described.


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Vincent Guerard Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada
Very true

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Drew Craig Sr. Agile & Product Coach| Vanguard Philadelphia, Pa, United States
Very true, and surprisingly often overlooked.

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Eduin Fernando Valdes Alvarado Project Manager| F y F Fabricamos Futuro Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia
Thanks its true

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Ahmed AlMursi, PMP Sr. Planning and Scheduling Manager| Amr Abdelrahman Consultant Engineers Shibin Alkoum, Almenoufia, Egypt
Many thanks Julia, the next is how to earn these things?

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Hossam Emam Development Projects Manager| Alsamh for Trade Co. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
manager how realize it, he gain a lot


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Jess De Ocampo Lean Six Sigma Professional/Project Manager/Consultant/| . Manila, Ncr, Philippines
Thank you. Very true. This is something not given on a silver platter.

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Julia Shumulinsky Senior Project/Program Manager - PMP| American Greetings Lakewood, Oh, United States
Thank you all for your comments!

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Najam Mumtaz Retired Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
wonderful & interesting quote

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Vinod Rao Nikam Consultant| Yokogawa Electric Corporation Al-Khobar, East, Saudi Arabia
so true again!

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