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“هناك قول مأثور عن هنري فورد عندما أراد أن يجعل خط الإنتاج الذي قام بتصنيعه أن يعمل أسرع، وأخبره العمال الذين كانو يعملون معه منذ سنين طويلة أن الخط يعمل بأقصى سرعة ممكنة، عندها قال "إذا فاذهبو احضرو لي شابا عمره 25 عاما لا يعرف أن هذا لا يمكن عمله”
― Sahar Hashemi, Anyone Can Do It: Building Coffee Republic from Our Kitchen Table - 57 Real-Life Laws on Entrepreneurship

“ليس هناك من يختارك للنجاح بل أنت الذي تختار نفسك للنجاح”
― Sahar Hashemi, Anyone Can Do It: Building Coffee Republic from Our Kitchen Table - 57 Real-Life Laws on Entrepreneurship

“Ideas are easy. It’s the execution that’s hard. —Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon”
― Sahar Hashemi, Switched On: You have it in you, you just need to switch it on

“Remember, the only way to avoid a “no” is not to try”
― Sahar Hashemi, Switched On: You have it in you, you just need to switch it on

“It’s easier to ask for forgiveness than permission”
― Sahar Hashemi, Switched On: You have it in you, you just need to switch it on

“Becoming switched on is about forgetting the “this is how we’ve always done it” mentality and wiping the slate clean”
― Sahar Hashemi, Switched On: You have it in you, you just need to switch it on

“Pretend you are a customer of your own company”
― Sahar Hashemi, Switched On: You have it in you, you just need to switch it on

“A business plan is a worthless piece of paper without someone rolling their sleeves up, getting their hands dirty and turning it into a living, breathing, operating business.”
― Sahar Hashemi, Switched On: You have it in you, you just need to switch it on

“Howard Schulz approached 242 people to raise money for Starbucks and was rejected by 217 of them.”
― Sahar Hashemi, Switched On: You have it in you, you just need to switch it on

“Every failure is a learning experience and it should be seen as part of the process rather than the enemy.”
― Sahar Hashemi, Switched On: You have it in you, you just need to switch it on

“A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn: It can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried to death by a frown on the wrong person’s brow. —Charles Browder”
― Sahar Hashemi, Switched On: You have it in you, you just need to switch it on

“Walt Disney was turned down for a loan for Disney theme parks 300 times.”
― Sahar Hashemi, Switched On: You have it in you, you just need to switch it on

“You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you’ve got it built, they’ll want something new. —Steve Jobs”
― Sahar Hashemi, Switched On: You have it in you, you just need to switch it on

“If you’re not getting nos you’re not trying.”
― Sahar Hashemi, Switched On: You have it in you, you just need to switch it on

“If I had to do it all over again, I would have encouraged employees to make more mistakes. —Thomas Watson, IBM”
― Sahar Hashemi, Switched On: You have it in you, you just need to switch it on

“For me as the founder, it was shocking to see how having a more formal structure with lines of reporting and processes can so easily start to disconnect you from the customer.”
― Sahar Hashemi, Switched On: You have it in you, you just need to switch it on

“Fun is not a form of entertainment, it’s an integral part of being good at what you do at work. —Daniel H. Pink, Free Agent Nation, 2002”
― Sahar Hashemi, Switched On: You have it in you, you just need to switch it on

“one factor behind his company’s innovative products is that it employs graduates straight from university.”
― Sahar Hashemi, Switched On: You have it in you, you just need to switch it on

“When the world says, “Give up,” hope whispers, “Try it one more time.” —Anon”
― Sahar Hashemi, Switched On: You have it in you, you just need to switch it on

“It is wishful thinking to expect change without factoring in a few failures along the way.”
― Sahar Hashemi, Switched On: You have it in you, you just need to switch it on

“A good way to capitalize on cluelessness is to work with people who are qualified not by years on the job but by attitude towards it – enthusiasm, inspiration and creativity.”
― Sahar Hashemi, Switched On: You have it in you, you just need to switch it on

“you become so good at doing something that it prevents you from ever doing anything new.”
― Sahar Hashemi, Switched On: You have it in you, you just need to switch it on

“We should do something when people think it’s crazy, if people say it’s good it means someone is doing it already. —Hajime Mitari, president of Canon”
― Sahar Hashemi, Switched On: You have it in you, you just need to switch it on

“Our moods and performance can often depend on whether this self-talk is positive or negative.”
― Sahar Hashemi, Switched On: You have it in you, you just need to switch it on

“In fact, the opposite of work isn’t play - it’s idleness. That’s”
― Sahar Hashemi, Switched On: You have it in you, you just need to switch it on

“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young. —Henry Ford”
― Sahar Hashemi, Switched On: You have it in you, you just need to switch it on

“Colonel Sanders went to 1,000 restaurants before someone bought his KFC chicken recipe.”
― Sahar Hashemi, Switched On: You have it in you, you just need to switch it on

“The ivory tower analogy is no joke – is it any coincidence that top management is often on the top floor? That’s physically about as far away from customers as you can get.”
― Sahar Hashemi, Switched On: You have it in you, you just need to switch it on

“The opposite of success isn’t failure, it’s doing nothing.”
― Sahar Hashemi, Switched On: You have it in you, you just need to switch it on

“If you wait too long for the perfect idea, your creativity will stay between your ears in inertia.”
― Sahar Hashemi, Switched On: You have it in you, you just need to switch it on