Quotes to go back to
Reliability is magnetic because humans are hardwired to avoid risk, so once you prove yourself trustworthy and reliable, you become the default choice for opportunities without ever asking for them.
Favorite quotes
Time for some more quotable quotes:
The patient inherit everything the impatient leave behind. — Shane Parish
Things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then they happen faster than you thought they could. — Rudiger Dornbusch
I wouldn’t have seen it, if I didn’t believe it. — Marshall McLuhan
There are two kinds of people... See more
Time for some more quotable quotes:
The patient inherit everything the impatient leave behind. — Shane Parish
Things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then they happen faster than you thought they could. — Rudiger Dornbusch
I wouldn’t have seen it, if I didn’t believe it. — Marshall McLuhan
There are two kinds of people... See more
Kevin Kelly on Recommendo
People have vastly different desires, except for three things: Respect, feeling useful, and control over their time. Those are nearly universal.
Wealth is what you don’t see. It’s the cars not purchased, the clothes not bought, the jewelry not worn. Wealth is hidden.
Morgan Housel
“Above all, do not lose your desire to walk: Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it.”
— Søren Kierkegaard
— Søren Kierkegaard
Bill Bernbach, founder of advertising agency DDB, reminds us that it is not enough to be right — you must also be compelling:
"A dull truth will not be looked at. An exciting lie will. That is what good, sincere people must understand. They must make their truth exciting and new, or their good works will be born dead."
"A dull truth will not be looked at. An exciting lie will. That is what good, sincere people must understand. They must make their truth exciting and new, or their good works will be born dead."
David Foster Wallace on thinking:
“Learning how to think really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience.”
“Learning how to think really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience.”
Quotable quotes
Here are some quotes I gathered recently:
It takes a lot of work to make something simple. — Steve Wozniak
One of the most realistic parts of Lord of the Rings is that almost no one wanted to get involved, until it was very nearly too late. — Ricki Tarr
Everyone searches for opportunities while running from problems, missing that... See more
Here are some quotes I gathered recently:
It takes a lot of work to make something simple. — Steve Wozniak
One of the most realistic parts of Lord of the Rings is that almost no one wanted to get involved, until it was very nearly too late. — Ricki Tarr
Everyone searches for opportunities while running from problems, missing that... See more