Ishmael Robinson > Ishmael's Quotes

“Good ideas are always crazy until they’re not.”
― Ashlee Vance, Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future

“Business leaders should prioritize employee well-being, as their value is the foundation of the organization's success.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“Business leaders should embrace transparency and fairness in all interactions, just as we would with family members.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“Managers and leaders should develop talent like cultivating a garden, nurturing growth and potential.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“Business leaders should value diversity of thought and experience, just as nature thrives on diversity.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“Human resource managers should practice mindfulness and self-reflection, acknowledging their limitations and biases. It should not be the case that all or most human resource managers think the same way, look the same way, and decide the same way - because the inevitable result of that monotony is an even more disturbing monotony of opportunity. At scale, across millions of organizations, this creates systemic problems that eventually require drastic compensatory actions that almost have to be done by government.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“Human resource managers should practice mindfulness and self-reflection, acknowledging their limitations and biases. It should not be the case that all or most human resource managers think the same way, look the same way, and decide the same way - because the inevitable result of that monotony is an even more disturbing monotony of opportunity.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you're perfectly free.”
― Rumi

“The minute I heard my first love story,
I started looking for you, not knowing
how blind that was.
Lovers don't finally meet somewhere.
They're in each other all along.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi, The Illuminated Rumi

“Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”
― Rumi

“What you seek is seeking you.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
― Rumi

“Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.”
― Rumi

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”
― Rumi

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing
and rightdoing there is a field.
I'll meet you there.

When the soul lies down in that grass
the world is too full to talk about.”
― Rumi

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
― Rumi

“My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

“Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.”
― Rumi

“One way to improve your business is to increase its capabilities. The more capable your business is of providing value to it's customers, the more success your business will experience.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“In forests – Seeds are planted in the soil (capital) and become trees that shed leaves as they grow. Those shedded leaves become added capital to the soil (dividends/yields). The tree also provides a home for other life forms which return capital to the soil. Upon the death of the tree, it’s entire body becomes capital as it is returned to the soil. In this cycle, every tree is an investment which results in the long term accumulation of soil (capital) over time. As the soil grows, it becomes better able to invest in future trees and host future forests. And the yield of them all collectively becomes greater and greater as the capital accumulates. In fact, everything in a natural ecosystem both is capital and exists in service to capital. This duality of capital in natural ecosystems is why capital in natural ecosystems is able to compound and multiply so well. So when it comes to investing - managing portfolios, we apply this duality of capital perspective and pair it with our stewardship identity, which allows us to grow portfolios and maximize wealth.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Investing, The Permaculture Way: Mayflower-Plymouth's 12 Principles of Permaculture Investing

“The decentralized nature of cryptocurrencies means they are often not subject to the same regulatory oversight as traditional financial systems. This can lead to fraud, scams, and market manipulation.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“Adaptability is the new superpower in business - embrace it to thrive.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Business Paradigm Shifting: A Quick 6-Step Guide to Remaining Relevant as Markets Change

“Business Paradigm Shifting helps companies stay ahead of the curve, not just react to it. You can't add real value for your customers if you're just reacting.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“Change management is no longer a luxury, but a necessity for survival and longevity.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“Business Paradigm Shifting allows companies to transform before they're forced to. Voluntary change is expensive, but it always costs less than forced change.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“Adaptable companies turn disruptions into opportunities.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“The pace of change demands a culture of continuous learning and innovation.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“Business Paradigm Shifting helps companies stay relevant to changing customer needs.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“Adaptability unlocks resilience, ensuring businesses can weather any storm.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.

“Embrace the Business Paradigm Shifting approach to lead change, not just manage it.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.