Words matter. These are the best Monday Morning Quotes from famous people such as Ricardo Semler, Patty Duke, Drew Brees, Scott Parker, Don Rickles, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
A high percentage of organisations develop a military rationale, whereby only a very small number of people make all of the decisions. There is little wonder, then, that people aren’t keen to get out of bed and come to work on a Monday morning.
I think my real depressions started when I was about 16 and doing The Patty Duke Show. I would go to bed at about 10 o’clock on a Friday night and not get up again until 6:30 Monday morning.
I obviously take a lot of pride in what I do on the football field, because that has the ability to influence a lot of people. That puts smiles on people’s faces. That gives people a pep in their step on Monday morning when they go back to work.
The facts are, the reality is, you can’t really enjoy it. You win a football match and by the time you get to Saturday night, having a beer or a Chinese, you’re already thinking about Monday morning, the next game.
I like to think I’m like the guy who goes to the office Christmas party Friday night, insults some people, but still has his job Monday morning.
I actually think the whole concept of retirement is a bit stupid, so yes, I do want to do something else. There is this strange thing that just because chronologically on a Friday night you have reached a certain age… with all that experience, how can it be that on a Monday morning, you are useless?
That’s what we do as a nation, we’re all Monday morning quarterbacks.
When I wake up on a Monday morning and I realise I don’t have to go and work at the civil service, I really think I’ve won.
For many workers, Buy America policies can mean the difference between going to work on Monday morning and facing a furlough because of a furnace closure.
There are pros and cons of experience. A con is that you can’t look at the business with a fresh pair of eyes and as objectively as if you were a new CEO. Fire yourself on a Friday night and come in on Monday morning as if a search firm put you there as a turn-around leader. Can you be objective and make the bold change?
Mexicans work so hard. Jamaicans are like, ‘Hey mon. Take it easy. You work too ‘ard.’ Sneak into the country Sunday night, working Monday morning.
Don’t let the Monday morning quarterbacks stop you from being bold. You’ve got to set a high bar.
One FBI agent told us early on that on Monday morning, they would get to the FBI office, and all the agents would talk about ‘The Sopranos’, having the same conversation about the show, but always from the flip side.
I owed Lewis one thing, at least. Once you had suffered the experience of presenting a case at one of his Monday morning conferences, no other public appearance, whether on radio, TV or the lecture platform, could hold any terrors for you.
