Lessons Learned

The quotes below are used almost every day at Oxcyon. They help to properly convey the spirit of our company, our understanding of current market demands and the solutions needed to remedy them. Every so often someone comes across with a new and novel approach, quick to be criticized by mediocre minds. We are strong believers that there is no unique problem under the sun. Problems faced today have been faced before, just in a different timeline. We think there is a lot to learn from past lessons moving forward.

A market is never saturated with a good product, but it is very quickly saturated with a bad one. Henry Ford Fred Smith's Yale professor called his FedEx business plan..'Interesting, but to earn better than a 'C', the idea must be feasible.' All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.  Albert Einstein An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last. Winston Churchill Any fool can make things bigger and more complex. It takes a genius,  with courage - to simplify. Albert Einstein As our case is new, we must think and act anew. Abraham Lincoln Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.  Henry Ford Before everything else, planning and preparation before you start something is the secret of success. Henry Ford By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. Benjamin Franklin Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. Oscar Wilde Don't find fault, find a remedy Henry Ford Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement. Henry Ford Everything should be made as simple as possible ... but not simpler. Albert Einstein The experts often possess more data than judgment. Colin Powell Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently. Henry Ford Great ideas invite violent opposition from mediocre minds. Albert Einstein I start where the last man left off. Thomas Edison If everyone moves forward together, then success takes care of itself. Henry Ford I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back. Abraham Lincoln I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it. Niccolo Machiavelli Imagination is more important than knowledge. Albert Einstein Important principles may, and must, be inflexible. Abraham Lincoln Repeating the same process over and over again and expecting different results is the definition of insanity.   Albert Einstein It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time. Winston Churchill Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals. George Washington Laws should be like clothes. They should be made to fit the people they serve. Clarence Darrow Leaders get out in front and stay there by raising the standards of their market Fred Smith, CEO FedEx Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it. John Steinbeck Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government. George Washington Most people spend more time trying to avoid problems than in trying to solve them. Henry Ford I learn from other industries, applying their ideas to the transportation business.   Fred Smith, Founder, FedEx Necessity is the mother of all invention Plato No one knows enough to say definitely what is and what is not possible. Henry Ford No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it. Albert Einstein Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. Henry Ford Terminological inexactitude Winston Churchill The competitor to be feared is the one who continously improves their product. Henry Ford The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn. Ralph Waldo Emerson The secret to success is the ability to see things from the other person's point of view as well as from your own. Henry Ford The value of an idea lies in the using of it. Thomas Edison There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems. Henry Ford If there is a way to do it better - then find it. Thomas Edison Time is the only honest critic without ambition. John Steinbeck Today's technologists eventually build a structure which has no relation to reality. - Nikola Tesla We must beware of needless innovations, especially when guided by logic. Winston Churchill We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us. Winston Churchill