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Part IPart IThe Ultimate PowerPoint

“Swipe” Filefor Business Executives

by Laura Bergells

LawyersLawyers

Will future anthropologists need to pass the bar just to decipher our

culture?

Small CompanySmall Company

The nice thing about working in a small

company is that when I don’t know what I’m

doing, at least my co-workers and clients do.

Entrance & ExitsEntrance & Exits

My final exit will be my greatest entrance.

AimAim

When my aim got better, I ran out of ammo.

Mouth and EarsMouth and Ears

My ears aren’t made to shut, but my mouth

is.

Mouth and EarsMouth and Ears

Don’t you hate it when people want to talk about

themselves when you want to talk about

yourself?

Mouth and EarsMouth and Ears

A good listener is not only popular, but after a while,

she actually knows something.

Mouth and EarsMouth and Ears

The tongue is only a few inches from the brain, but to hear some people talk, you’d think the two

were miles apart.

Mouth and EarsMouth and Ears

There’s nothing wrong with having nothing to say, as

long as you don’t say it out loud.

Press ConferencesPress Conferences

If you talk too much, you’ll say too much.

Press ConferencesPress Conferences

Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted.

Press ConferencesPress Conferences

If you make three new product announcements a day, you won’t

remember them next week.

Neither will your customers.

Infinite PossibilitiesInfinite Possibilities

I can accept finite disappointment, but I

won’t lose infinite hope.

Speed of LightSpeed of Light

Einstein said that nothing was faster than the speed of light, but he’s wrong. My imagination is much faster than the

speed of light. For example, I just imagined traveling to Pluto and back. If I took a space ship that could travel at the speed of light, that would take centuries.

Speed of LightSpeed of Light

Also, if Energy equals mass times the Speed of Light Squared, this

says that the speed of light can be squared. That’s faster than the

speed of light, and I just imagined that, too!

Speed of LightSpeed of Light

What light? I’m still looking for the

tunnel!!

Speed of LightSpeed of Light

There’s nothing like experience to upset

a theory.

New IdeasNew Ideas

Our ideas are like children – no matter how much you admire somebody else’s, you still love your own the

best.

New IdeasNew Ideas

An optimist takes the cold water thrown on new ideas, heats it with enthusiasm and uses the steam to push them ahead.

TruthTruth

The truth does not depend on a consensus of

opinion.

Generation GapGeneration Gap

As we grow older, our children will eventually end up on the same side of the generation

gap.

Gen GapGen Gap

You’ve reached middle age when all you exercise is caution. And you choose your cereal for the

fiber instead of the toy.

MaturityMaturity

Maturity begins when you’re content to feel right about

something without feeling the need to prove someone else

wrong.

MaturityMaturity

Age is a high price to pay for maturity.

MaturityMaturity

Wrinkles should show where smiles have

been.

ShipsShips

Noah didn’t wait for his ship to come in. . . . He built it!

shipsships

A ship in the harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships are for.

shipsships

All the water in the world could not sink a ship unless it got inside. In the same

way, all the evil in the world could never sink your soul unless you let it

in.

Job well DoneJob well Done

The reward for a job well done is the

opportunity to do more work.

Being differentBeing different

Being different isn’t the same as making a

difference.

Good SenseGood Sense

Good sense is easier to have than to use.

FrustrationFrustration

Frustration is trying to find your glasses without your glasses.

FrustrationFrustration

It’s frustrating when you know all the answers, but nobody asks you the

questions.

DietDiet

You are what you eat: what’s on the table eventually ends up on the

chair.

DietDiet

How can a one-pound box of chocolate make me gain five pounds?

DietDiet

Eat dessert first, because life is uncertain!

DietDiet

Life can be a constant battle between carrots and chocolate, or you can

figure out how you can live with the two in harmony.

DietDiet

My fortune cookie mentioned a great diet. It read “eat all you can, but

only use one chopstick.”

KarmaKarma

The rain falls on the just and the unjust. But mostly on the just, because the unjust have stolen their umbrellas.

KarmaKarma

You feel right when you do right.

KarmaKarma

The next time someone says, “Life is hard,” ask them,

“Compared to what?”

Mind GamesMind Games

My mind not only wanders, sometimes it leaves me completely.

Saving and RetirementSaving and Retirement

A penny saved is not nearly enough.

RetirementRetirement

According to the latest figures, if you retired today, you could live very

comfortably until 3 p.m. tomorrow.

Time ManagementTime Management

There will be no crises next week. My schedule is full.

TroublesTroubles

Troubles come to pass, but the do not come to stay.

TroublesTroubles

Live through the tough times: the only way to the other side is through it.

WorriesWorries

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of sorrow; it empties today of strength.

MemoryMemory

I have a photographic memory. Unfortunately, it only offers same-day

service.

MemoryMemory

People do not remember days. They remember moments.

MemoryMemory

I have a photogenic memory: I only remember pretty things.

MemoryMemory

It’s hard to be nostalgic when I can’t remember anything!

PossibilitiesPossibilities

Nothing is impossible to the people who don’t have to do it themselves.

YesterdayYesterday

I love you more than yesterday. Yesterday, you got on my nerves.

Questions and AnswersQuestions and Answers

You may not know all the answers, but you probably won’t be asked all the

questions.

MourningMourning

I’ll laugh again, but I will not forget why I cried.

World PeaceWorld Peace

It doesn’t take monumental acts to make the world a better place. It can be as easy as letting someone ahead

of you in the lunch line.

Rock BottomRock Bottom

Even though I’m taking it “one day at a time”…

it’s about 24 more hours than I can take right now.

Rock BottomRock Bottom

When the going gets tough. . .

Get tougher!

Rock BottomRock Bottom

The end is not near. The end is not near. Learn to cope.Learn to cope.

Rock BottomRock Bottom

When things are bad, I can take comfort in the thought that they can always

get worse. And when things get worse, I find hope in the idea that things are so bad they have to get

better.

Co-DependencyCo-Dependency

Better to better yourself than someone else.

Co-DependencyCo-Dependency

I’m better than I was, but not quite so good as I was before I got worse.

FrowningFrowning

I hate to see you frown. So wear a bag on your head until you cheer up.

PatiencePatience

The patient conceal their impatience.

ThankfulnessThankfulness

Something to be thankful for is that you’re here to be thankful.

DestinyDestiny

Choice, not chance, determines destiny.

DestinyDestiny

Don’t worry about the world ending today. It’s already tomorrow in China.

HopeHope

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the

certainty that something makes sense regardless of how it turns out.

RiskRisk

Progress involves risk. You can’t steal second with your foot on first.

RiskRisk

Life isn’t about having good cards. It’s playing a poor hand well.

GraceGrace

It’s hard to get down off your high horse gracefully.

GRACEGRACE

Amusing Grace! How sweet the sound of laughter!

GRACEGRACE

Tact is not only saying the right thing at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing a tempting moment.

ComplainingComplaining

It’s not the mountain that wears me out – it’s the grain of sand in my shoe.

ComplainingComplaining

It’s not the load that brings me down, it’s the way I carry it.

ShoutingShouting

Shouting and screaming to get people to perform is like using the horn to

steer your car.

thinkingthinking

Many people get through thinking before they get through thinking things

through.

Self-DeprecationSelf-Deprecation

Only some people learn by other people’s mistakes. The rest of us

actually have to be the other people.

Self DepreciationSelf Depreciation

I’m at this awkward age where I’m too old to say something cute and too young to say something sensible.

How to be HappyHow to be Happy

Three essentials for happiness:

1. Something to do, 2. Someone to love,

3. Something to hope for.

AdviceAdvice

If it’s free; it’s advice. If you pay for it, it’s consulting.

If you can use either one, it’s a miracle!

HumbleHumble

Humility is like underwear – essential, but indecent if it shows.

HumilityHumility

I have a friend who tells me that he’s a humble man. I told him that the nature of humility dictates that can’t say that

and have it be true!

Seasonal - DecemberSeasonal - December

Presence, not presents, make for a happy workplace.

ChristmasChristmas

When you stop believing in Santa, you get underwear for Christmas.

DecemberDecember

Remember, the holiday gifts of today are on Ebay tomorrow.

DecemberDecember

We’re going to celebrate a traditional American holiday – the tree comes from Canada, the ornaments from

Taiwan, the lights from China, the food from Italy and the idea from Israel and

Bethlehem.

Seasonal - JanuarySeasonal - January

If in the last year you haven’t discarded a major opinion or acquired a new

one, check your pulse. You may be dead.

Seasonal - FebruarySeasonal - February

Love sees through a telescope, not a microscope.

FebruaryFebruary

The force of love, like the force of gravity, is hard to see but easy

to feel.

FebruaryFebruary

All that is worth cherishing in the world begins in the heart, not in the head.

What Dead People SayWhat Dead People Say

The greatest danger for most of usis not that our aim is too high and we miss it,

but that it is too low and we reach it.Michelangelo

E-CommerceE-Commerce

eCommerce is not about technology! It is about relationships, partnerships, and communications, made possible

by technology.

E-CommerceE-Commerce

I guess people thought the phone and the fax machine were all about

technology when they were introduced into businesses, too.

What Dead People SayWhat Dead People SayThere is no use trying,” said Alice. “One can’t

believe impossible things.” “I daresay you haven’t had much practice,”

said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six

impossible things before breakfast.”Lewis Carroll