Farmer Gedreht / Turned Gesucht / Wanted Habe gedacht / Thought Hähnchen / Chicken Ingenieur / Engineer Mutter / Mother Professionel / Professional Sie / She Sollte / Should Verstehen / Understand Warum / Why Witwe / Widow
When I was young I used to listen to other people and to try and understand what they thought and where they were coming from. I listened and didn't speak.
To see my wife getting inspired from my notes and thoughts, going in the direction I wanted, and have her surprise me with wonderful choices was a real treat.
Wikistrat is my ninth start-up, so I've been through this process a few times. You have to go with what works. The power of example is compelling, so model the ideas that you want someone to understand.
Somehow, the things my mother wanted to do, the release in evangelism she sought with such frenzy, were transferred to me.
I thought, 'I've been doing this for 16 years professionally. I have a window where I want to play leading parts.'
My mother wanted me to understand that as a woman I could do pretty much whatever I wanted to, that I didn't have to use sex or sexuality to define myself.
It's important to be precise about words, because of the thought value of them-they frame and shape so much of the way we understand things.
For a while, I felt a little self-impelled to write Lou Reed Kind of songs. I should have understood that a Lou Reed song was anything I wanted to write about.
And I'm the kind of manager that doesn't believe that you micro-manage professionals. They should understand their responsibility and carry out those responsibility.
