It is in the nature of human beings to bend information in the direction of desired conclusions. John Naisbitt More Quotes by John Naisbitt More Quotes From John Naisbitt Learning how to learn is the most precious thing we have in life. John Naisbitt precious-things Think globally, act locally, think tribally, act universally. John Naisbitt thinking We must learn to balance the material wonders of technology with the spiritual demands of our human race. John Naisbitt technologyracespiritual Strategic planning is worthless - unless there is first a strategic vision. John Naisbitt visionbusinessfirsts In turbulent times, in times of great change, people head for the two extremes: fundamentalism and personal, spiritual experience. John Naisbitt spiritualtwopeople Almost all change is evolutionary, not revolutionary... expectations always travel at higher speeds. John Naisbitt speedrevolutionaryexpectations Small business, right down to the individual can beat big, bureaucratic companies ten times out of ten. John Naisbitt small-businessindividualbeats ...countries don't create economies. It is entrepreneurs and companies that create and revitalize economies. The role of the governments should be to create a nourishing environment for entrepreneurs and companies to flourish, not to get in the way of economic development. John Naisbitt entrepreneurgovernmentcountry In an information society, education is no mere amenity; it is the prime tool for growing people and profits. John Naisbitt growingtoolspeople We are shifting from a managerial society to an entrepreneurial society. John Naisbitt shiftingsocietychange In sales, as in medicine, a prescription before diagnosis is a mistake in the arts. John Naisbitt medicinemistakeart I was totally surprised by the spread of the legalization of same-sex marriage. In just my lifetime we have gone from a taboo to even talk about homosexuality, to the sanction by governments of homosexual marriage. Few such large social considerations have ever before been turned over in such a short time. John Naisbitt governmentgonesex The more technology we introduce into society, the more people will aggregate, will want to be with other people: movies, rock concerts, shopping. John Naisbitt shoppingrockstechnology The big-business mergers and the big-labour mergers have the appearance of dinosaurs mating. John Naisbitt mergersdinosaursappearance One of the best kept secrets in America is that people are aching to make a commitment, if they only had the freedom and environment in which to do so. John Naisbitt best-kept-secretsamericacommitment The economic borderlines of our world will not be drawn between countries, but around Economic Domains. Along the twin paths of globalization and decentralization, the economic pieces of the future are being assembled in a new way. Not what is produced by a country or in a country will be of importance, but the production within global Economic Domains, measured as Gross Domain Products. The global market demands a global sharing of talent. The consequence is Mass Customization of Talent and education as the number one economic priority for all countries John Naisbitt our-worldeducationcountry Lawyers are like beavers: They get in the mainstream and damn it up. John Naisbitt beaversmainstreamlawyer In their search for quality, people seem to be looking for permanency in a time of change. John Naisbitt qualityseemspeople Leadership involves finding a parade and getting in front of it; what is happening in America is that those parades are getting smaller and smaller - and there are many more of them. John Naisbitt paradesfindingsamerica Globalization is a bottom-up phenomenon with all actions initiated by milions of individuals, the sum total of which is globalization. No one is in charge, and no one can anticipate what the sum of all the individual initiatives will be before the result manifest. A global economy can only be the result of spontaneous order. John Naisbitt spontaneousactionorder
