“there is practically no difference at all between a family and a nation, except the difference in size. A family is a nation seen through the wrong end of a telescope; a nation is a family seen through the right end of a telescope, and I don't believe it is possible to achieve a happy and successful family life, or a happy and successful national life, unless we bear this simple fact in mind and behave accordingly.” MindBelieveEndsFactsNationsDifferencesSimpleFamilySuccessfulAchieveBearsDon't BelieveSizeBehaveFamily LifeTelescopes Book:A pocketful of pebbles Source: A pocketful of pebbles
“When you're in a losing streak, your ability to properly assimilate and analyze information starts to become distorted because of the impairment of the confidence factor, which is a by-product of a losing streak. You have to work very hard to restore that confidence, and cutting back trading size helps achieve that goal.” HardHelpingGoalAbilityCuttingAchieveInformationProductsLosingSizeFactorsTradingStreaks Author:Bill Lipschutz
“The idea was not to make a huge business, because the bigger you get, the more restraints I thought I might get. Number one was to do what I set out to do: make new and interesting things within the size of the business that is possible to do without restraints. The second goal was to do the business in order to achieve the first goal. That's what many people don't understand.” PeopleFirstsIdeasMightOrderGoalInterestingNumbersAchieveHugeBiggerSizeRestraintInteresting Things Author:Rei Kawakubo