Derrick Deese

“There are two kinds of people in this world: those who want to get things done and those who don’t want to make mistakes.”
― John C. Maxwell, Talent Is Never Enough: Discover the Choices That Will Take You Beyond Your Talent

“In the journey of life, emotions make great companions but terrible leaders. But”
― Judah Smith, How's Your Soul?: Why Everything that Matters Starts with the Inside You

“Because its purpose is to find and keep customers, the business enterprise has two—and only two—basic functions: marketing and innovation. Marketing and innovation produce results; all the rest are ‘costs.”
― Kevin J. Clancy, Counterintuitive Marketing: Achieving Great Results Using Uncommon Sense

“Religion can thus be defined as a system of human norms and values that is founded on a belief in a superhuman order. This involves two distinct criteria: 1. Religion is an entire system of norms and values, rather than an isolated custom or belief. Knocking on wood for good luck isn’t a religion. Even a belief in reincarnation does not constitute a religion, as long as it does not validate certain behavioral standards. 2. To be considered a religion, the system of norms and values must claim to be based on superhuman laws rather than on human decisions. Professional soccer is not a religion, because despite its many rules, rites and often bizarre rituals, everyone knows that human beings invented soccer themselves, and FIFA may at any moment enlarge the size of the goal or cancel the offside rule.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind