Top 400 Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr Quotes (2026 Update)
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301. “Municipalities should be prioritizing data in the same way that businesses are prioritizing data.”

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302. “The Bahamas should be positioning itself as a key strategic link in the global supply chain and the global movement of resources. We have a variety of strategic advantages along these lines, that if leveraged will allow us to add value to global commerce in very unique ways and then profit from the value we add collectively as a people.”

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303. “A good business adapts it’s strategy and approach as the economy continuously evolves.”

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304. “In todays complex economy, managing a business or company can be nuanced and complicated, but the fundamentals remain the same. Create value, communicate value, sell value. There may be a thousand other things to consider and specific tasks to do, but the fundamentals remain and they remain vital. Create value, communicate value, sell value.”

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305. “People buy from businesses for many reasons. Among those reasons include: favorable price, favorable accessibility, demonstrated shared values, label identification, and more. The more reasons you can give people to buy from your business, the better sales numbers your business will experience.”

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306. “A business is like a living being. It needs to be cared for, loved, stewarded, nurtured, and led.”

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307. “The real cost of something is its value in alternative uses. This truth always presents itself in prices. There is no benefit that may be gained without cost to the same individual who gained the benefit. There is no benefit that may be presented without cost to the same individual who present the benefit.”

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308. “A school that doesn’t cultivate creativity is a waste of the presence of youth, and an example of misallocated capital.”

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309. “Reliable tax revenue is vital to the fiscal wellbeing of municipalities.”

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310. “Permaculture Economics is about relationships and well designed economic communities which maximize productivity.”

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311. “Liquidity equals freedom.”

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312. “One of the major prompts for businesses implementing change is the evolution of technology. As new technologies emerge or new use cases emerge for existing technologies; markets are forced to reorganize and therefore businesses are prompted to reorganize in response to that.”

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313. “Only when people agree on goals can they agree on methods. Only when people agree on the destination can they agree on the route. Only when people agree on the past and present facts can they cooperate to co-create new and mutually desirable facts.”

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314. “In any economic ecosystem whereby things are measured primarily according to their present gross utility; it becomes tolerable and even profitable to create, sell and buy products and services which cause net future harm even as they provide present gross utility. This is why a permaculture economy is superior to every other economic ecosystem.”

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315. “How is transformation built into your company’s corporate structure? This is an important question to answer if you want the company to remain relevant throughout market changes.”

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316. “A business is an ensemble of people. The energies, attitudes and personalities of employees come together and form the energy, attitude and personality of the business.”

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317. “I am a value adder. My contributions improve peoples lives and I do it with ease and consistency. Therefore, I am a money magnet and money flows into my life with ease and consistency.”

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318. “High ESG standards are especially important in large municipal projects.”

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319. “I believe in Chipotle. They have great tasting and nutritious food. And they’re also a great case study for business efficiency and business resiliency. The company has no long term debt, a loyal customer base, it owns and operates all of it’s stores, it has a clear business model and a clear growth path. They’ve got good company culture and they live by a set of values that earn the respect of their customers. In so many ways Chipotle is superior to it’s peers in the restaurant industry.”

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320. “Mayflower-Plymouth will be one of the most significant investment companies of this century.”

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321. “As a species, humans really need to be serious about directing our own evolution, choosing our own path, and becoming the best versions of ourselves.”

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322. “In today’s constantly evolving economy, business models cannot be static. The business model of each business must be consistently changing and evolving in order to stay relevant and to succeed.”

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323. “Managing a business does not require any genius. The main qualification is the ability to identify and deliver value to a group of people consistently and efficiently at the highest price point acceptable to them. Everything else can be hired out.”

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324. “Both wealth and poverty tend to themselves.”

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325. “At Mayflower-Plymouth, we aim to steward capital the way nature stewards capital.”

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326. “Investment Portfolios should be actively managed.”

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327. “There are certain specific truths that transcend the specific religions; truths that are present in each religion but are not exclusive to that particular religion.”

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328. “To make good business decisions, you need to be routinely extracting actionable data from the businesses processes. Analyzing the data and organizing it in alignment with the businesses goals will allow for greater clarity in making decisions.”

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329. “Mayflower-Plymouth will have more than $55 Billion dollars in Assets Under Management by 2030. By then we may be measuring primarily in ETH though.”

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330. “Biomimicry is critical in regard to using design as a way to solve problems in business. Biological ecosystems have invented solution after solution to all kinds of problems. The key is to learn to see nature through nature’s eyes, and to speak nature’s language and then to establish a continuous translation between biological ecosystems and human ecosystems.”

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331. “Trust is vital. In order for investors to have us steward their capital, a prerequisite is that they trust us.”

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332. “Today is the day to live dreams and go for goals.”

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333. “Risk is amplified if the business doesn’t have clear title to its assets.”

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334. “As a business owner you should never mix business income with personal income and never mix business expenses with personal expenses. Your business is a separate entity with a life of its own. Your job is to lead and manage that separate entity, not to entangle with it. Entangling with your business will result in chaos. But keeping business and personal separate will facilitate efficiency and reduce stress.”

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335. “Amazon is a great case study for how a company can reimagine it’s role in an economy and also through it’s use of imagination, be a driving force in the recreation of an economy.”

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336. “It is not the role of government or any central planner to formulate the final distributions of wealth and income.”

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337. “If order for a currency to be effective, it has to be stable. People can accept varying levels of volatility regarding their investments. But no one is willing to accept volatility in regard to the currency they use.”

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338. “There’s a difference between managing a business and leading a business. They require two different skill sets.”

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339. “Teachers should encourage students’ creativity. That means that it’s okay for class to get a little wild sometimes. You can’t have creativity without getting a little wild sometimes. That means in our classrooms we should hear lively discussions, insightful debates, engaging conversations, exchanges of ideas, and informative play.”

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340. “As Asset Managers, our purpose is to grow wealth. Our clients should be wealthier because of our management. And society should be wealthier because of our investments. This is a priority at Mayflower-Plymouth.”

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341. “Cities should be leveraging technologies in service to residents as businesses do in service to customers.”

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342. “In the context of the new transportation system, Drivers Licenses will become mostly irrelevant and unnecessary. When everything is autonomous, the need for drivers licenses as a safety feature of the system will just not even make sense.”

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343. “With everything we do in business, it’s important that we always consider the ecological implications. And if we’re really doing things the Permaculture way, then it’s not just about factoring in ecological cost, but better yet ensuring that business processes and outputs actually add value to ecological and natural systems.”

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344. “Being an investor is very different than being an entrepreneur or businessperson. They require different skill sets. They aren’t the same.”

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345. “Leaders can’t afford to be resistant to change.”

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346. “Capital is a living substance and must be invested as such.”

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347. “The distribution of wealth and income is primarily the role and responsibility and freedom of individual people and businesses through their voluntary economic interaction with other people and businesses. And their voluntary exchange of economic value through products, services, and ideas. In this way, social mobility is maximized and a fluid class structure allows for both upward and downward economic movements; this is social justice.”

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348. “A business that’s struggling to make payroll is like a pair of parents struggling to feed the kids. It’s unacceptable.”

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349. “Stewardship of capital is at the heart of permaculture economics.”

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350. “Anytime there is a disassociation between the producer of value and the consumer of value – there will be waste, a lack of economic empathy, and a lack of productivity.”

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