Think of them as insurance against the weaknesses of human nature—your weaknesses, my weaknesses, our weaknesses: 1. Make it conscious. 2. Make it a game. 3. Make it competitive. 4. Make it small and...
Things are never as good or as bad as they seem.
These individuals have riches just as we say that we ‘have a fever,’ when really the fever has us. –Seneca
There is not enough time to do all the nothing we want to do. —BILL WATTERSON,
There are many organizations that fret over small, direct expenses, yet have no misgivings about keeping superfluous staff tied up in a conference room for hours.
The vision is really about empowering workers, giving them all the information about what’s going on so they can do a lot more than they’ve done in the past. —BILL GATES, cofounder of Microsoft, riche...
The three of us are strong-willed individuals with distinct preferences, and the Eating Out Jar came out of a struggle. Each time we talked about going out to eat, we would spend so much energy bicker...
The things you own end up owning you. –Chuck Palahniuk American author, best known for Fight Club
The single book that has influenced me most is probably the last book in the world that anybody is gonna want to read: Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War. This book is dense, difficult, long...
The quality of your questions determines the quality of your life.
The player of the inner game comes to value the art of relaxed concentration above all other skills; he discovers the true basis for self-confidence; and he learns that the secret to winning any game...
The moral of the story is, whenever possible, do print/text interviews via email. A paper trail will give you evidence and recourse if people misbehave.
The means of learning are abundant—it’s the desire to learn that’s scarce.
The letters I-M are all that liesbetween ‘Possible’ and ‘Impossible’Which means ‘I’m’ the only thing between‘Possible’ and ‘Impossible’So every day I choose to do theI’mpossible.
The goal wasn’t specific enough. I hadn’t defined alternate activities that would replace the initial workload. Therefore, I just continued working, even though there was no financial need. I needed t...
The future is here. It’s just not widely distributed yet. —WILLIAM GIBSON, author of Neuromancer; coined term cyberspace in 1984
The fishing is best where the fewest go,
The fishing is best where the fewest go, and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone else is aiming for base hits. There is just less competitio...
The first is to push yourself harder than you believe you’re capable of. You’ll find new depth inside yourself. The second is to put yourself in groups who share difficulties, discomfort. We used to c...
The first is the result of a decision to act—to do something. This type of mistake is made with incomplete information, as it’s impossible to have all the facts beforehand. This is to be encouraged. F...