In Briefings To Busy People, Summarize At The Beginning What You're Going To Tell Them, Then Tell Them, Then Summarize At The End What You Have Told Them.

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In briefings to busy people, summarize at the beginning what you're going to
tell them, then tell them, then summarize at the end what you have told them.
-- Charles Wolf, Jr.

If you can't beat them, have them join you. -- Charles Wolf, Jr.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them WHAT to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
-- Gen. George S. Patton, Jr....
It's not what you tell people, it's what you show them.
The major problem--ONE of the major problems, for there are several--one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do i
or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them....
A child is a person who will try mightily to live up to whatever expectations you have of them, when you tell them what you expect.
Never tell them what you wouldn't do. -- Adam Clayton Powell
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
-- Gen. George S. Patton, "War As I Knew It", 1947...
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
George S. Patton, US General...
I don't know what's wrong with people! All I ask them to do is exactly what I tell them.

In Briefings To Busy People, Summarize At The Beginning What You're Going To Tell Them, Then Tell Them, Then Summarize At The End What You Have Told Them.

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