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Tim Ferriss • Ferramentas dos Titãs (Portuguese Edition)
“If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending,” Lincoln told the Illinois Republicans in 1858, “we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.”38 That required a compass, but Douglas’s aligned itself only with his own maneuvering.39 Too often looking back to cover his tracks, he fell too frequently into the thickets,
... See moreJohn Lewis Gaddis • On Grand Strategy
They’d found decision analysis promising but ultimately futile. They went back and forth on writing a general interest book about the various ways the human mind deals with uncertainty; for some reason, they could never get beyond a sketchy outline and false starts of a few chapters. After the Yom Kippur war—and the ensuing collapse of the public’s
... See moreMichael Lewis • The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
if the diagnosis is that Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is “another Hitler,” war might be the logical implication. However, if he is “another Moammar Gadhafi,” then strong pressure coupled with behind-the-scenes negotiation might be the chosen guiding policy.
Richard Rumelt • Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The difference and why it matters
make the best available, least restrictive decisions to the benefit—and greatness—of the students they support.
Christopher Bugaj • The New Assistive Tech: Make Learning Awesome for All!
to all of my students.”