“Oh Lord, there it is again. The question;" What kind of business should I start?" Incidentially, it has a twin that also sets me off: "What should I specialize in during the second year of my MBA studies?" Sorry, but those are two of the most profoundly upsetting questions anyone can ask - upsetting because the answer should be obvious: Do what turns you on, not what the statistics say is best.” ShouldYearsKindTwoTurnsAsksAnswersBusinessLordStudySorryObviousUpsetStatisticsTwinsShould IMba Book:The Pursuit of Wow!: Every Person's Guide to Topsy-Turvy Times Source: The Pursuit of Wow!: Every Person's Guide to Topsy-Turvy Times
“There's nothing quite so stultifying as having someone around who has all the answers-and gives them to you.” GivingAnswersStatistics Author:John W. Campbell
“Perhaps our most debilitating rut as a culture is a dependence on experts. Until we kick this dependency, how can we rise above the statistics and become a nation of entrepreneurs and leaders? The answer, as challenging as it is, is for entrepreneurs to show us the way, and to keep at it until more of us start to heed.” WayShowsCultureNationsChallengesAnswersLeaderEntrepreneurExpertsKicksStatisticsDependenceRise AboveHeedDependencyRuts Author:Oliver DeMille
“Unlike earlier thinkers, who had sought to improve their accuracy by getting rid of error, Laplace realized that you should try to get more error: aggregate enough flawed data, and you get a glimpse of the truth. "The genius of statistics, as Laplace defined it, was that it did not ignore errors; it quantified them," the writer Louis Menand observed. "...The right answer is, in a sense, a function of the mistakes.” ShouldTryingEnoughAnswersMistakeGeniusFunctionErrorsDefinedDataStatisticsThinkerGlimpseFlawedAccuracyRight Answers Author:Kathryn Schulz