Who said never teach a pig to sing

Yes, I love this phrase. But, yes, I have taken the meaning as you did. Name required. Mail will not be published required. Privacy Policy. Upgrade your marketing plan. Learn More. It is an eclectic mix but most of them are inspirational or insightful in nature and relate to knowledge, learning or personal development in some form.

If you love quotations as much as I do then you may wish to register to have a quote e-mailed to you once a week or more frequently by clicking on the button below and completing the form. Or you can follow GurteenQuotes on Twitter and receive a quote there each day. David Gurteen. My Blog. To help spot natural talents in my employees or my kids, and to look for opportunities for them to be outstanding, I try to:. Even with these best practices, we may still try to teach a pig or two to sing.

Has this happened to you? In hindsight, what would you have done differently? All rights reserved. Definitely connect with this! When I was working as a management consultant, I would structure our projects around the skills and passions of each individual on the team. It was a no-brainer and really fun, as a manager, to see people shine brighter than I could envision.

You can guess how successful that is! Will keep this in mind. I plan to use these three points during my goal setting with my employees. I like how you will be using the three best practices in your goal setting. Thanks for letting me know! Karen — I like that saying, it has so much truth inside. I feel like in my current position there is no intent to improve me from a company perspective.

There is a lot of rhetoric about how it is important, but little action to make it so. How frustrating! By planting the seed, you may see opportunities open up for you. I think this applies in the volunteer world as well. They can play pong or something. Forgetting , Thinking. Funny , Learning. It's still a pig. Never wrestle with a pig, Lindsay. You both get dirty. The pig likes it. The poor pig, however, is helpful.