Moi Jamri

the most important of the new principles business has to learn is that people work a lot harder on stuff they like

“If you aren’t experiencing failure, then you are making a far worse mistake: You are being driven by the desire to avoid it.”

It’s crucial for us to understand as many mental models as possible. As the adage goes, a little knowledge can be dangerous and creates more problems than total ignorance. No single model is universally applicable – we find exceptions for nearly everything. Even hardcore physics has not been totally solved.

Well I think I've been in the top 5% of my age cohort all my life in understanding the power of incentives, and all my life I've underestimated it. And never a year passes, but I get some surprise that pushes my limit a little farther.

There are two different ways people judge you. Sometimes judging you correctly is the end goal. But there's a second much more common type of judgement where it isn't. We tend to regard all judgements of us as the first type. We'd probably be happier if we realized which are and which aren't.

“that to heal from depression, I needed to start giving to others.”

All Jew’s are one being. And even if there is a situation where one needs to try to prevent something negative from their fellow – the very best manner [i.e. method] to achieve this is [through] influencing the fellow in a pleasant and caring manner.