The pretense of knowledge is our most dangerous vice, because it prevents us from getting any better.
The pretense of knowledge is our most dangerous vice, because it prevents us from getting any better. Studious self-assessment is the antidote. The
The more forgiving and tolerant you can be of others—the more you can be aware of your various privileges and advantages—the more helpful and patient you will be.
The little compulsions and drives we have not only chip away at our freedom and sovereignty, they cloud our clarity. We think we’re in control—but are we really?
The link economy encourages bloggers to repeat what other people are saying and link to it instead of doing their own reporting and standing behind it. This changes the news from what has happened int...
The historian E. P. Thompson said that history never happens as the actors suspect, that history is instead the record of unintended consequences. The assassination of Julius Caesar does not restore t...
The ego we see most commonly goes by a more casual definition: an unhealthy belief in our own importance. Arrogance. Self-centered ambition. That’s
The best strategic marketing decision you can make is to have a product or business fulfill a real, compelling need for a real and defined group of people—no matter how much tweaking and refining this...
That on which you so pride yourself will be your ruin, Montaigne
Take your situation and pretend it is not happening to you. Pretend it is not important, that it doesn’t matter. How much easier would it be for you to know what to do? How much more quickly and dispa...
Success is peace of mind, which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming. Ambition,
Sometimes, staying put, going sideways, or moving backward is actually the best way to eliminate what blocks or impedes your path.
Serenity Prayer: God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Seneca observes how often powerful people are slaves to their money, to their positions, to their mistresses, even—as was legal in Rome—to their slaves. No
Self-awareness is the ability to objectively evaluate the self. It’s the ability to question our own instincts, patterns, and assumptions.
Pride blunts the very instrument we need to own in order to succeed: our mind. Our ability to learn, to adapt, to be flexible, to build relationships, all of this is dulled by pride. Ryan Holiday, Ego...
Our safety is not truly at risk here—there is little danger that we will starve or that violence will break out—
Ordinary people shy away from negative situations, just as they do with failure. They do their best to avoid trouble. What great people do is the opposite. They are their best in these situations. The...
One of the symptoms of approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important. —BERTRAND RUSSELL W
One might say that the ability to evaluate one's own ability is the most important skill of all. Without it, improvement is impossible.