“I have a very simple question to people who seem to suffer from excessive narcissism: please name three other persons who are smarter and more capable than you, in the field you work in. (In most cases they are utterly unable to answer that question honestly.)” PeoplePersonsSeemsSufferingThreeNamesSimpleAnswersCasesFieldsPleaseCapableHonestlyNarcissismSmarter Author:Ingo Molnar
“Conflict acting on intelligence creates imagination. Faced with conflict, creatures are forced to imagine what will happen, where the next threat will come from. If there has never been conflict, imagination never develops. Wits arise in answer to danger, to pain, to tragedy. No one ever got smarter eating easy apples.” IfsHappensPainNextEasyImaginationAnswersActingImagineDangerConflictCreaturesEatingTragedyThreatTheatreWitAriseApplesSmarter Book:Sheri S Tepper SF Gateway Omnibus: After Long Silence, Shadow's End, Six Moon Dance Source: Sheri S Tepper SF Gateway Omnibus: After Long Silence, Shadow's End, Six Moon Dance
“The person who has the guts to ask themselves 'Why?' at least once a week, and be totally honest with themselves about the answer, is already twenty steps ahead of their smarter, more experienced rival.” PersonsAsksAnswersStepsWeekHonestTwentiesGutsSmarterRivals Author:Mark Bouris