“If you want to understand entrepreneurs, you have to study the psychology of the juvenile delinquent. They don't have the same anxiety triggers that we have.” IfsWantStudyPsychologyAnxietyEntrepreneurTriggersJuvenileDelinquents Author:Abraham Zaleznik
“Three components make an entrepreneur: the person, the idea and the resources to make it happen.” PersonsIdeasHappensThreeResourcesEntrepreneurComponentsMake It Happen Author:Anita Roddick
“Where would the Rockefellers be today if old John D. had gone on selling short-weight kerosene ... to widows and orphans instead of wisely deciding to mulct the whole country.” IfsCountryWholeTodayGoneWeightEntrepreneurSellingWidowsOrphanWidows And Orphans Author:S. J. Perelman
“Dress your best on your execution day. Be extremely courteous to your assistant when you lose money. Try not to blame others for your fate, even if they deserve blame. Never exhibit any self-pity. Do not complain.” IfsTryingSelfLosesFateDeserveAdversityDressesBlameComplainingPityExecutionExhibitsAssistantsSelf PityCourteous Author:Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“Even when the universe made it quite clear to me that I was mistaken in my certainties ... I did not break. The shattering of my sureties did not shatter me.” MadeUniverseBreakClearAdversityCertaintyMade ItMistakenShattering Author:Lucille Clifton
“The dark night was the first book of poetry and the constellations were the poems.” FirstsBookNightDarkQuietConstellationsDark Night Author:Chet Raymo
“I think that there is only one way to science - or to philosophy, for that matter: to meet a problem, to see its beauty and fall in love with it; to get married to it and to live with it happily, till death do ye part - unless you should meet another and even more fascinating problem or unless, indeed, you should obtain a solution. But even if you do obtain a solution, you may then discover, to your delight, the existence of a whole family of enchanting, though perhaps difficult, problem children, for whose welfare you may work, with a purpose, to the end of your days.” IfsThinkingWayShouldMayChildrenEndsMatterPhilosophyWholeProblemPurposeFallDifficultExistenceQuietMarriedSolutionsFalling In LoveDelightOne WayWelfareFascinatingWhole FamilyEnchantingDifficult ProblemsProblem Child Author:Karl Popper
“Peeping through my keyhold I see within the range of only about 30 percent of the light that comes from the sun; the rest is infrared and some little ultraviolet, perfectly apparent to many animals, but invisible to me. A nightmare network of ganglia, charged and firing without my knowledge, cuts and splices what I see, editing it for my brain. Donald E. Carr points out that the sense impressions of one-celled animals are not edited for the brian: 'This is philosophically interesting in a rather mournful way, since it means that only the simplest animals perceive the universe as it is.” WayMeanLittlesLightUniverseAnimalInterestingBrainSunCuttingQuietPercentInvisibleImpressionRangePerceiveNightmareEditingSimplestBrianFiringEditedPeepingUltravioletInfrared Author:Annie Dillard
“Sipping a cup of tea, going for a morning walk, doing your work - all these small activities make up your living. And each part, each moment of living, is meaningful. You just have to be there; otherwise, who is going to experience the meaning? People go on drinking tea, but they never are there; their minds are wandering all over the world.” PeopleWorldMindMomentsWalksMorningGoes OnActivityQuietDrinkingMeaningfulWanderCupsTeaCups Of TeaSippingDrinking TeaMorning Walk Author:Rajneesh
“This may not be the path for everyone. But the trust of which we speak is not an act of heroism. it is an act of surrender that makes the decision easier. It sounds unbelieveable, but I know it to be true. Leave the decision to God and you relieve yourself of the anxiety that comes from thinking that the choice is yours - the sneaking suspicion that you might have done better had you been a little more careful, a little luckier.” ThinkingKnowsMayLittlesDoneMightChoicesSpeakSoundDecisionPathEasierQuietAnxietyCarefulSurrenderBeing TrueHeroismSuspicionActs Of Heroism Author:William McGurn
